Great Websites

This page is a collection of favorite websites and resources we have gathered from various lists, posts and our own meanderings. If you have something that you believe would be helpful to add to this page, please send it to us at: references@writepoint.com and we'll be happy to add it. If you come across a URL that has changed or simply doesn't work, please let us know.

Make LONG URL names short....TinyURL!

• www.tinyurl.com

Help Authoring Tool (HAT) Vendors

• Adobe's RoboHelp: www.adobe.com

• MadCap Software: www.madcapsoftware.com
  

• AuthorIT Software's AuthorIT: www.authorit.com

• Quadralay's WebWorks Publisher: www.quadralay.com

• Help Magician: www.helpmagician.com

• Helen (for JavaHelp): http://www.software7.biz/

Online Mail Groups

• Help Authoring Tools and Techniques: (HATT) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HATT
  

• Techshoret (Israeli Tech. Writer email list): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/techshoret
  

• RoboHelp: RoboHelp Community Forums

• ForeHelp: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/forehelp/
  

Sending Large Files

If your email does not support sending large files and you don't have access to an FTP site, you might want to try one of these:

• www.sendthisfile.com (no size limit, and you compose the email subject line)
• www.yousendit.com (1 GB limit, no control over subject line, no need to register)
• www.mailbigfile.com (1 GB limit; no control over subject line)
• www.dropload.com (100 MB limit)

Online resources:

• To download HTML help 1.4 SDK: http://tinyurl.com/3nznp

• List of ASCII codes (Win/MAC): http://www.acius.com/docs/CMU/CMU10120.htm

• How to enter Unicode characters in Microsoft Windows: http://www.fileformat.info/tip/microsoft/enter_unicode.htm

• About cascading style sheets: http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/quick-tutorial.html