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Some common Help authoring tools include:

* [[Doc-To-HelpAuthorIT]]: AnA collaborative authoring tool basedused onfor single-source Microsoftcontent Wordmanagement.

*[[Doc-To-Help]]: An authoring tool based on Microsoft Word

*[[Epic Editor]]: An [[XML]]-based authoring tool.

*[[FrameMaker|Adobe FrameMaker]]: The most common tool for large technical documents. Requires other tools to convert content to online Help.

*[[Microsoft HTML Help SDK& Manual]]: Afrom collectionEC ofSoftware: toolsCreates foronline creating fileshelp in Microsoft'sWinHelp, HTML Help, PDF and other formatformats.

*[[RoboHelp|Macromedia RoboHelp]]: A specialized tool for creating online help.

*[[Microsoft HTML Help SDK]]: A collection of tools for creating files in Microsoft's HTML Help format.

*[[Microsoft Word]]: Widely used for technical writing despite its limitations. Requires other tools to convert content to online Help.

*[[Epic Editor]]: An [[XML]]-based authoring tool.

*[[Microsoft Visio]]: Software for creating diagrams.

*[[Webworks Publisher]]: Converts documents in various formats to other formats, primarily [[HTML]].

*[[AuthorIT]]: A collaborative authoring tool used for single-source content management.

*[[Republicorp XDK]]: An [[XML]], [[HTML]], and Help toolkit based on Microsoft Word.

*[[Webworks Publisher]]: Converts documents in various formats to other formats, primarily [[HTML]].

Technical writers often use [[content management system]]s and [[version control system]]s to manage their work.