SharePoint Help Collection Builder (free!)
SharePoint has an integrated help system, this system can be extended to include more help files. It is common for SharePoint developers to add their own help content and integrate it seamlessly into SharePoint.
However, creating and editing help collection is a primitive and manual process, it involves manually edting xml files, running command line process, manually copy files into the 12 hive.
BlackCompass SharePoint help collection builder takes away the pain of this process. Using this tool, developers can build SharePoint help collections quickly, accurately and consistently, all using a consistent UI.
Help Collection Builder can also assist developers in learning SharePoint help collection building, for instance, you can open out-of-the-box SharePoint help collection shipped by Microsoft, to learn the insides of help collections. For this reason, some development firms use Help Collection Builder as a training tool.
It is free!
System requirement
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Windows XP or later with .NET framework 2.0 or later.
Major functionalities:
- Free! Always will be free!
- GUI editor to create and modify SharePoint help collections
- Able to open existing help collections shipped with SharePoint
- Tool to aid installation and deployment
- GUI editor for help maps
Free
This product is free and will always remain free. There is no catch.
Guid editor
No more manually editing help collection files! Do everything using the GUI editor.
Open existing SharePoint help collections
No sure how SharePoint help collection works? Why not take a inside look of out of the box SharePoint help collections, using this tool.
Installation and deployment
Once finished building the your help collection, use this tool to package (make cab file) and even deploy on the local machine (given the local machine is a SharePoint web front end server).
GUI editor for help map
No more manually editing help map files, GUI provided.
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