This 3-minute video demonstrates the process of creating a Web Help system with HelpSmith. If you need to create a help system that can be published on your web server or in your local area network, you can see that it is quite easy with HelpSmith – all you need to do is to add […]
A New Website and Summer Discounts!
We have just launched a new website for HelpSmith that demonstrates the main possibilities of our help authoring tool. You can view screenshots of the product, download an evaluation copy, or contact us with any questions or suggestions by submitting a support ticket. Also, currently we have a special offer: you can purchase a full-featured […]
HelpSmith 5: New Ribbon Interface, a Single TOC Tree, PDF and Word Output Formats, and Better Performance on Large Help Projects
We are pleased to announce the release of HelpSmith 5.0. The new version includes a modern Ribbon Style User Interface, a Single Table of Contents Tree, support for the Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word output formats, enhancements for the HTML Help, Web Help and Printed Manual formats, Better Performance on large help projects, and other […]
Release Notes for HelpSmith 5.0
Below you will find the full list of enhancements and fixes of HelpSmith 5.0: A New Ribbon Style User Interface More comfortable working with a modern and intuitive user interface. Added a Mini toolbar to quickly format text while working with the built-in word processor. A Single Table of Contents Tree Now HelpSmith uses a […]
HelpSmith 4.1 Released. Conditional Compilation is Now Available.
What’s New in HelpSmith 4.1? We are pleased to announce the release of HelpSmith 4.1. The new HelpSmith update adds conditional compilation functionality making it possible for you to compile different versions of the same help system easily. Now you can use build tags and define when specific help topics or individual content blocks should […]
HelpSmith 4.0 Released
We are pleased to announce that HelpSmith 4.0 has been released. What’s New in HelpSmith 4.0? New features: A completely new Web Help system format: Now it is possible to fully customize the appearance of the navigation pane (Table of Contents, Index, Search); You can also use a help topic or external web page as […]
Testimonial Page Updated
We are glad that HelpSmith receives positive rates and feedback from our existing customers and from people who are yet in the process of evaluating different help authoring tools for their tasks. We constantly collect such testimonials while communicating with HelpSmith users and publish them, with a permission from their authors, on our website from […]
HelpSmith 3.5.5 Released
We are pleased to announce that HelpSmith 3.5.5 has been released. Release notes for HelpSmith 3.5.5: Fixed compilation issues for HTML Help (CHM) that occurred on some help projects; Improved the internal character-encoding engine; Fixed issues with using special characters in some Asian languages; Better support for PNG images, an updated PNG engine is now […]
Better UX through Better UA
The Conference for User Assistance Memphis * March 11-14 The focus of the Conference for Software User Assistance is on developing the best possible user experience for all types of software applications through well-designed interfaces and helpful and accessible support information. Featuring 35 of the top experts in the user assistance field. All the details […]
HelpSmith 3.5.3 Released
We have released HelpSmith version 3.5.3 that includes some improvements and minor bug fixes: Support for the new video format MP4 added; Fixed an issue with using Asian languages (Chinese, Korean, Japanese) in the Table of Contents of an HTML Help system (CHM); Other minor improvements and bug fixes. You can download the latest HelpSmith […]