HelpSmith is free today at GAOTD. It seems like a decent 2-pane outliner, capable of generating help files. I'll download it and give a more detailed report later on.

After trying it out a bit, looks positive.

Good editor, fast, stable. Not very automated, so could be used for other than help authoring but may not be as productive for producing help files.

All in all a decent 2-pane outliner

PPL,

Thanks for the heads-up.

Can you confirm that this is the latest verion (1.3 - rel.2008-01-28)?

Also, wondering does the software need to be registered within the same time frame as the give away period.

Also, any experience with install/active to one machine, then move to another. Seems that some of these give aways are particular.

Ken Ashworth wrote:

PPL,

Also, wondering does the software need to be registered within
the same time frame as the give away period.

Yes, I believe it does.

Also, any experience with
install/active to one machine, then move to another. Seems that some of these give
aways are particular.

I think you need to activate it separately on both machines. I've done this successfully before.

Steve Z.

Stephen Zeoli wrote:

I think you need to
activate it separately on both machines. I've done this successfully
before.

Does the separate activation need to be done within the give-away time period, or once an activation key is obtained can additional install/activate be done outside of this time frame?

I guess what I'm asking is the activation key specific to the machine, or does it run with the software (if obtained within the give away time frame).

Or does it depend on the vendor?

Thanks.

Ken Ashworth wrote:

I guess what
I'm asking is the activation key specific to the machine, or does it run with the
software (if obtained within the give away time frame).

Or does it depend on the
vendor?

I believe it is based upon the machine, but I'm not sure. If you can, I would do both machines within the give away time frame just to be certain.

Steve Z.

Geez, Kenny, just download the dang thing:

It is the current verion (1.3).

From the Readme.txt in the download zip:

1) Run the software
2) In menu choose 'Help->Get FREE Non-commercial License'
3) Fill in the Registration form (requires your full name and e-mail address)
4) Check up your email for the license code from HelpSmith.com

You have to install it before the Giveaway offer for the software is over.
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I guess that answers the question of future installations.