QuickerHelp - The Fastest Road To Apple Help

About QuickerHelp

QuickerHelp™ was designed by Software MacKiev for developers who are interested in converting their help files to run on Apple Computer's Apple Help system. Whether converting Windows applications to the Macintosh platform, or upgrading Macintosh classic applications to Apple's new operating system, Mac OS X, QuickerHelp will get you there faster. QuickerHelp will be especially useful for crossplatform developers who have relied on transition products like Altura Software's QuickHelp™ to convert Windows .RTF files to run on the Mac.

This rapid development tool will assist Help professionals and technical editors in making the transition from the RTF-based Help systems to the HTML-based Apple Help in a single pass. By completing in a matter of minutes the same work that might take months to perform by hand, QuickerHelp saves you considerable time and money in converting files to Apple Help format.

What QuickerHelp does

Converts the RTF and CNT source files used by both Macintosh and Windows Help compilers including Altura's QuickHelp.
Accepts source files that have been prepared on a variety of tools including MS Word, RoboHelp, Help&Manual and many others.
Checks footnote length for 27-character limit and suggests alternatives
Provides full support for RTF format files, including footnotes, text, tables, lists, hypertext, and special symbols
Allows Custom Font Mapping from .RTF files to .HTML (both face and size)
Provides Browse Sequence support for online tutorials and presentations
Allows creation of framesets that are in the style of standard Apple Help's home screen frames
Allows automated screenshot substitution when upgrading Help to Mac OS X
Saves multiple preference sets to facilitate working with multiple Help projects
Supports both Mac SHG and Windows SHG files (except for WMF based SHG files.)
Supports a variety of graphics formats including BMP, TIFF, WMF, PSD, PICT, JPEG, GIF and media formats such as .AVI and .MOV
Allows custom Title settings using standard or custom tags
Processes a variety of macros including Prev( ), Next( ), Finder( ), Contents( ), JumpID( ), PopupID( ), Inet( ), ExecFile( ), ALink( ) and the {button} statement.
Enables printing multiple pages or the entire Help system, eliminating the Apple Help viewer restriction of printing one page at a time.

QuickerHelp's optional metallic skin is shown here. The default appearance displays a standard Aqua dialog.

Available Now!

QuickerHelp 1.0 is now available for immediate shipment. QuickerHelp 1.0 ships with an electronic manual and includes a tutorial and corresponding tutorial files. Regularly priced at $595, QuickerHelp is available for a limited time at an introductory price for Apple Developer Connection (ADC) Premier Members for $395 and Select Members for $495. These prices include all sales tax, shipping and handling.

Satisfaction Guaranteed

QuickerHelp comes with one year of free technical support, as well as free updates. QuickerHelp also comes with this guarantee: If you can't convert your .rtf-based help system using QuickerHelp, you may send the files to Software MacKiev and we will either convert them for you without charge or refund your money in full. Functionality not permitted due to limitations of the Apple Help browser, such as java support, are excluded from the guarantee.

How to Buy QuickerHelp

You may purchase QuickerHelp by sending a check in U.S. dollars to:

The Software MacKiev Company
QuickerHelp Sales & Support
21265 Stevens Creek Blvd. #205
Cupertino, California 95014

Download the full QuickerHelp application

Click here to download QuickerHelp (4.3Mb)

Extract QuickerHelp installer from the archive if necessary, double-click the installer icon and follow onscreen instructions.

Enable your copy of QuickerHelp

Run the Register QuickerHelp application, which is located in the same folder where QuickerHelp was installed. Enter your personal information and the file "QuickerHelp Registration Info" will be created on your desktop. Please, mail this file to alex@mackiev.com, and the license file will be sent to you after your payment is received. Copy this file into the QuickerHelp application folder and your copy of QuickerHelp will be enabled automatically.

For more information about QuickerHelp, please email us at alex@mackiev.com