Generating Help Files

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Joe Williams

What is the best way to generate context sensitive help files that are
displayed when a user selects help from the menu bar or if they select help
on a particular field?

Is there a good program that helps to do this that integrates with access,
especially MDEs that will be distributed?

Thanks

Joe
 
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Nick Coe \(UK\)

You've a couple of options and I'll show my hand first.. :)
My little baby, AccHelp, will make skeleton help files for
you to fill out with a help creation tool. It won't make
full blown help text but it will take a lot of the grief out
of making the help.

Advert over.

If you don't have a help editor then you've a fair choice
from add-ins for Word through to big devils like RoboHelp.
I use Jan Goyvaerts HelpScribble because it does everything
I want and is very reasonably priced. Jan's support has
been excellent. No connection other than as a satisfied
customer.

http://www.helpscribble.com

Also look at the Help Wiki; very, very useful site:
http://www.mshelpwiki.com/index.php?page=MSHelpWiki

Also see Tony Toews notes on Help:
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/accshelp.htm

And another must visit is Helpmaster
http://www.helpmaster.com/

I've also started some articles on help creation for Access
(need finishing):
http://www.alphacos.co.uk/html/writehelp.html

Good luck.
 
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