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This page is a list of [[help authoring tool]]s, organized by [[operating system]].

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| [[Adobe RoboHelp]] || [[Adobe Systems]] || Proprietary || none

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| Doc-To-Help[[HelpSmith]] || [[MadCapHelpSmith|Divcom Software]] || Proprietary || none

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| [[MadCap Software|MadCap Flare]] || [[MadCap Software]] || Proprietary || none

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| [[Help & Manual]] || [[Help & Manual|EC Software]] || Proprietary || none

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| ePublisher || WebWorks || Proprietary || none

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| [[Help Generator]] || [[Help Generator|AGORA Software BV]] || Proprietary || none

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| [[HelpNDoc]] || [[IBE-Software]] || Proprietary || Free and Paid app

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| HelpSmith || [[Divcom Software]] || Proprietary || none

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| [[Sandcastle (software)|Sandcastle]] || [[Microsoft Corporation]] || [[Microsoft Public License|MS Public]] || none

|-}

== Cross-platform ==

{| class="wikitable"

!Name

!Author

!License

!Remarks

|-

|[[DocBook]]

| [[Precision Helper]] || [[Precision software & consulting]] || Freeware || none

|[[OASIS (organization)|OASIS]]

|-

|-

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|[[Kindle Direct Publishing]]

| HelpConsole || Browse Lab || Proprietary || none

|[[Amazon.com]]

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|[[AsciiDoc]]

| [[HelpMaker Help Authoring Tool]] || [[Vizacc software]] || Freeware || none

|[[Stuart Rackham]]

|[[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]]

|[[Open-source software]]

|}

== References ==

{{refbegin}}

* {{citation

| last = Indoition Engineering

| first =

| title = Checklist: Choosing a Help Authoring Tool

| url = http://www.indoition.com/online-help-authoring-tool-choosing.htm

| accessdate = 5 Oct 2008|ref=refIndoitionCHAT}}

* {{citation

| last = Indoition Engineering

| first =

| title = Useful Software: Help Authoring Tools

| url = http://www.indoition.com/online-help-authoring-tools-survey.htm

| accessdate = 5 Oct 2008|ref=refIndoitionUHAT}}

* {{citation

| last = James-Tanny

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| url = http://www.stcboston.org/broadside/01_2003/v60_no3_james-tannyprint.shtml

| accessdate = 5 Oct 2008|ref=refJamesTannyDHAT}}

* {{citation | last1 = James-Tanny | first1 = Char | last2 = Freeman | first2 = Jim | last3 = Gielczy | first3 = Lisa | title = Hat-Matrix: Compare HATS | url = http://hat-matrix.com/compare_hats/ | accessdate = 5 Oct 2008 | ref = refHatMatrix | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080724091444/http://www.hat-matrix.com/compare_hats/ | archive-date = 24 July 2008 | url-status = dead }}

* {{citation

| last1 = James-Tanny | first1 = Char

| last2 = Freeman | first2 = Jim

| last3 = Gielczy | first3 = Lisa

| title = Hat-Matrix: Compare HATS

| url = http://hat-matrix.com/compare_hats/

| accessdate = 5 Oct 2008|ref=refHatMatrix}}

{{refend}}

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