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Welcome to Help to Text, a program that converts Windows
.HLP files into text files that can be edited using any
editor or Word Processor. This program is not crippled in
any way. It is fully functional and has no time limits or
restrictions of any kind. All we ask is that if you like
the program and find it useful, then fill out the order form
in the "Order Form" Help screen.
There are three major reasons why this program can be useful
to most Windows users.
1. The current trend in Windows software is to give minimal
paper documentation when selling a product. Most of the
effort is put into online help, much of which is inside a
.HLP file. Help to Text will convert these .HLP files into
text files. You can then edit the text file to your liking
and print it. This process gives you your own copy of the
program's documentation.
2. Many times I've found a Help file's keyword search to be
useless. The keywords the programmer felt were important,
were not the keywords I want to look for. Or I know that
the word I'm looking for is on one of the help screens but I
can't remember which one. Using Help to Text to create a
text file, you can search the text file for ANY word or
phrase you want. A MUCH more useful tool than the Help
Keyword Search.
3. Should you decide you want to print out a help screen
exactly as it appears on your screen, you can do that by
selecting the the Print Topic menu item. However if you
want to print out all, or a range of help screens, the
Windows Help processor won't let you do that, Help to Text
will.
We're confident you will find many more ways to make Help to
Text useful for you. We have already begun enhancing the
software for the next release, and all registered users will
be informed of the new release as soon as it comes out.
Alex Freiman