Versatile documentation software

HelpNDoc is a modern help authoring tool with an intuitive user interface. Write or import your content and produce more than 8 documentation formats including help files, web sites, user manuals, documents, Markdown, eBooks…

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Stunning user interface

Benefit from a thoroughly thought-out, clean and simple user interface to speed-up the complex task of help and documentation authoring.

Generate multiple documentation formats

HelpNDoc projects can be exported to help files, web sites, documents and eBooks. It supports batch export, conditional generation as well as advanced customization options.

Responsive multi-devices, multi-screen size, cross-platform web sites

Create stunning online help and manuals compatibles with all devices and screen sizes.

The HTML5 documentation generated by HelpNDoc can adapt itself to any device and screen size without additional work. Android and iPhone specific templates are also included and can be edited to customize any part of the generated HTML documentation. Read More →

Printable Adobe PDF documents compatible with many devices

Generate printer-ready PDF documents with compression, encryption, font embedding…

Be confident that your documentation will be experienced as you designed it thanks to the Portable Document Format (PDF) which precisely defines how it will be displayed and printed. Add optional security via PDF encryption and password protection to only reach the targeted audience. Read More →

ePub and Kindle eBooks compatible with any e-Readers

Produce electronic books compatible with any electronic reader, including the Amazon Kindle.

The Amazon Kindle is one of the most used e-reader world-wide but it doesn’t support the most popular eBook format: the ePub standard. Fortunately, HelpNDoc can generate eBooks compatible with both the ePub and the Amazon Kindle formats. Read More →

Support your Windows application with an outstanding CHM help file

Compile standard Windows compiled help files in the CHM format without the steep learning curve.

Microsoft HTML Help Workshop is the official editor and compiler used to produce CHM help files. But this software hasn’t been updated in years by Microsoft: it is not Unicode compliant, and contains multiple bugs and limitations. Fortunately, HelpNDoc encapsulates this outdated compiler in a straightforward user interface so that you can concentrate on writing the best possible user manual. Read More →

Ubiquitous and standard-compliant Microsoft Word documents

Produce Microsoft Word DocX and RTF documents for editing purposes.

The Microsoft Word DocX file format is one of the most used and versatile document format for editing purposes. HelpNDoc can convert the whole documentation to a single DocX document (optionally RTF document) which can be opened by any Word processing application available on the market. Read More →

Support cross-platform applications based on the Qt Framework

Generate self-contained help files for multiple systems using the Qt Help Framework.

HelpNDoc can leverage the Qt Help Framework to produce compressed, chm-like, help files for all the platforms supported by the Qt framework, making it extremely easy to publish documentation to a multitude of devices and systems. Read More →

Leading technical writers HelpNDoc

HelpNDoc makes the complicated process of help file generation simpler and more efficient

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If you are looking for a good no fuss Html Help creation application, look no further than HelpNDoc

Jeremy North

Only a few days were necessary to transform our papers in a fully integrated Help file

Robert Marique

I downloaded and tested quite a few of the "best" products and non held a candle

David Chiles

No other HTML creators out there come close in style, ease of use, and with such a reasonable price tag

Aaron Devine

How to use something else for creating help files .chm ? Impossible

Jean-Marie Masuy

It is truly a relief to finally find a help file development product such as yours

Chris Chunick

Awesome product as I have been looking for something clean and easy to use and HelpNDoc is certainly it

Bianca

It is far above any of the other free or inexpensive help creators that I've looked at

Dan Miller

I have dreamt of this program for years. Thanks

David Latter

I do not think help creation can get any simpler

Prasad Philip

HelpNDoc is by far the most fast, stable and easy-to-use help authoring tool I had used ever!

Victor Espina

Excellent product at an excellent price in a market dominated by providers thinking that a HAT should cost as much as an entire development IDE

Paul Coddington

HelpNDoc remains the only serious way to build CHM docs for me. Thank you again!

Marc Scheffer

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Latest news

Use snippets as topic templates, reuse topic content, automate topic writing and more in HelpNDoc 7.8 ›

Dec 7, 2021

We are glad to announce the release of HelpNDoc 7.8, a major update of the popular help authoring tool which can be downloaded completely free for personal use and evaluation …

Oct 19, 2021

We are glad to announce the release of HelpNDoc 7.7, a major update of the popular help authoring tool which can be downloaded completely free for personal use and evaluation …

Oct 5, 2021

Microsoft Word, and similar word processing software such as LibreOffice, are great to write and format documents meant to be printed, but not so good at producing HTML websites …