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	<title>Help Authoring Articles for Software Developers</title>
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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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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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:




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		<title>Graphics in Help Files</title>
		<link>http://www.help-authoring.info/2007/06/01/graphics-in-help-files/</link>
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		<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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		<description><![CDATA[Original Link
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>
		<dc:creator>mutex</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Problems and Solutions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Dennis Crane
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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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