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downloadDownload Help Generator for Microsoft Access 2002 - 2010

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Note: requires NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and NET Framework 4.0

Brief Description

Help Generator for Microsoft Access 2002 - 2010. The fastest way to add help and documentation to your Microsoft Access applications.

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Instructions for use

To Start the Help Generator Add-In:

  1. Open your database in MS Access.
  2.  Under Add-Ins, click Help Generator. This will open the Help Generator dialog.

Note: if the Help Generator does not appear, one of the required NET frameworks may be missing. After installing them, install the Help Generator for Microsoft Access again.

To Start the Help Editor

  1.  Start > All Programs > Help Generator > Help Editor.

To Start the Help Capture:

Note: you can also start Help Capture from the Help Editor from ribbon > Insert > Capture

  1. Start > All Programs > Help Generator > Help Capture.
    a camera icon appears in the tray (bottom right of your computer screen)
  2.  The first time, the camera icon will be hidden. To fix this,
    a. In the tray, Right-click Notification Chevron ('Show hidden icons') and select Customize Notification Icons
    b. Change Help Capture icon to 'Show icon and notifications'
    3. Click on the camera icon menu to start a capture - or use hotkeys

Unblock Help file

If the help file does not show this is caused by Windows security. To solve this:

  1. Locate the Help file in the folder where you installed
  2. Right-click on it and select Properties
  3. Click Unblock
    From now on the Help file will be ok.

features that make help generator such a productive help authoring tool System Requirements
Supported OS:
Windows 2000; Windows XP; VISTA; Windows 7
Microsoft Access 2002 - 2010
NET Framework 3.5 SP1
NET Framework 4.0  
features that make help generator such a productive help authoring tool Important Notes
To be able to compile the help project to a CHM file
MS HTML Help Workshop has to be installed - free download from Microsoft Also download the demo including source code showing how to activate HTML Help using code.
MSAccess_HelpDemo
Download sample output based on the Microsoft sample database: Northwind help and Northwind user documentation in Microsoft Word.