Create CHM from screenshots

WinHelp was the first help file format introduced by Microsoft, which was found in the earlier versions of Windows. This format was soon replaced by the .CHM format which made its foray with the starting of Windows 98 and is still available in Windows 7. For integrating the .CHM format help file into a webpage, it needs to be created with the help of “Distributed HTML Help Workshop”. Though this utility is fully functional even if you want to merge more than one CHM files together, but working with the HTML workshop engine may not be that easy for every user. Fortunately, you don’t need to roam around in the complexities of such tools if you are one of those proud owners of the powerful and highly efficient Create CHM from screenshots (Helpinator 3) v.1.1.

Helpinator 3 by Major Mind Software is a freeware utility to create CHM help files with the help of screen shots and some customizable features for integrating simpler navigation and accessibility in help files. You can use any tool for taking the screen shots like Screen Captor or SnagIt and add screen shots in this tool for compilation. All this can be done inside the application itself with the help of its simple and intuitive interface which makes the CHM creation procedure a lot simpler and smoother. After adding all the screenshots to the tool, you can add the text, title and keywords to the respective screenshots and create the CHM file afterwards by a single click on the required button. The CHM file created through this tool is simple and interactive to navigate through- thanks to the integration of HTML templates like “Previous” and “Next” buttons for moving back and forth among the pages.

Create CHM from screenshots (Helpinator 3) v.1.1 is an easy to use application with a simple interface, and it can simplify the whole CHM file creation process to a great extent, thus allowing web developers to spend more time on development rather than compiling help files. Hence it receives a score of four-and-a-half rating points out of five.

Create CHM help file from screenshots. This tool is extremely easy to use: capture screenshots with your favorite screen capture tool (SnagIt or Screen Captor for example), add screenhots to this tool, write some text for topics, assign keywords and compile CHM with one mouse click! No need to write HTML manually and mess with HTML Help Workshop issues! This tool creates CHM files with nice HTML template and navigation links like "Previous", "Next". It also automatically creates "See also" lists at the end of each topic based on keywords assigned to topics and inserts your product/company name/version and copyrights.