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	<title>Help Authoring Articles for Software Developers</title>
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	<description>Help Authoring Articles for Software Developers</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Better UX through Better UA</title>
		<link>http://www.help-authoring.info/2012/01/21/better-ux-through-better-ua/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 are available:
http://www.writersua.com/conference/index.html
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		<title>HelpSmith 3.4 Enables Integration of Help Systems with YouTube and Google Analytics</title>
		<link>http://www.help-authoring.info/2011/03/10/helpsmith-34-enables-integration-of-help-systems-with-youtube-and-google-analytics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Divcom Software recently released HelpSmith 3.4, a new version of the help authoring tool for software developers and technical writers. The new HelpSmith update allows users of the product to easily integrate their help systems with popular Internet services. Now the user can insert custom HTML code directly into help topics or topic templates, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technical Documentation Know-how and Services</title>
		<link>http://www.help-authoring.info/2010/01/31/technical-documentation-know-how-and-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Technical Writing Services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you create technical documentation yourself or prefer to use a writing service, or you are in the process of selecting a help authoring tool for your project, look at the Indoition web-site. 
Indoition is a team of experienced technical writers and communicators who provide a variety of quality services. These services include creation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HelpSmith 3 is Released</title>
		<link>http://www.help-authoring.info/2009/08/11/helpsmith-3-is-released/</link>
		<comments>http://www.help-authoring.info/2009/08/11/helpsmith-3-is-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Help Authoring Software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.help-authoring.info/?p=38</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Divcom Software announces the release of HelpSmith 3. This version of the popular help authoring tool introduces new features such as a possibility to create topic Templates, use text Variables both in the built-in word processor and almost everywhere in the entire help project.
There is also a new customizable Breadcrumbs object which is replaced in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Authoring on Steroids</title>
		<link>http://www.help-authoring.info/2008/09/21/help-authoring-on-steroids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.help-authoring.info/2008/09/21/help-authoring-on-steroids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.help-authoring.info/?p=37</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An article from HelpSmith&#8217;s website, a powerful yet very easy-to-use help authoring tool with dynamic styles and other unique features.
As a technical writer you might have tried many help authoring tools - from low cost applications to complex and expensive systems. So now you may be asking yourself why you should choose HelpSmith for your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to connect HTML Help (.CHM) files to your Microsoft Office VBA application (for MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access developers)</title>
		<link>http://www.help-authoring.info/2007/08/07/how-to-connect-html-help-chm-files-to-your-microsoft-office-vba-application-for-ms-word-ms-excel-ms-access-developers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Problems and Solutions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Connecting Help Files]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Developers frequently ask me how they can connect HTML Help (.CHM) files to their VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) programs. A simple way to achive that is to use HTML Help API calls directly.
First, I would suggest you to create a separate module (for your convenience) where you should write the following code:




Public Const HH_DISPLAY_TOPIC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graphics in Help Files</title>
		<link>http://www.help-authoring.info/2007/06/01/graphics-in-help-files/</link>
		<comments>http://www.help-authoring.info/2007/06/01/graphics-in-help-files/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tips and Tricks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Help Authoring Software]]></category>

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Using screenshots in help files makes your program much easier to learn and more comprehensible. But simple screenshots, which just demonstrate your program working, are not enough. The screenshots should include so-called hotspots. These are predefined regions that can be clicked on by the user to display context-sensitive information.
How do you create images with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Error Accessing and Displaying CHM Files: Reasons and Solutions</title>
		<link>http://www.help-authoring.info/2007/05/21/error-accessing-and-displaying-chm-files-reasons-and-solutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.help-authoring.info/2007/05/21/error-accessing-and-displaying-chm-files-reasons-and-solutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 14:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Problems and Solutions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Dennis Crane
Original Link
So, you&#8217;ve got in trouble. Some or even all of your CHM files seem to have gotten corrupted. They show a &#8220;The page cannot be displayed&#8221; error in the left-hand pane of the CHM viewer. There are several possible reasons why your CHM e-books and documentation files are unreadable.
The CHM viewer component [...]]]></description>
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