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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.
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- There are three major reasons why this program can be useful
- to most Windows users.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Alex Freiman