Windows CHM To WORD 2008 5.6

'Windows CHM to Word' is a small but very useful application, which allows you to convert Help files (CHM format) to Microsoft Word files (DOC format). You need to have MS Word installed to use this program.

Using the program is very simple. Simply add a CHM file to convert and hit 'Start Convert'. The program will convert the file to a DOC format. However, the default output path is 'c:\temp' and it can't be changed. Before starting to convert, you need to create this folder. Otherwise, you won't be able to convert your files. Since this is a trial version, you can only convert CHM files smaller than 150 Kb. The converted files were OK and the conversion process was pretty fast.

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Drawbacks / flaws: I couldn't change the output path under any circumstances. I had to create the 'c:\temp' folder myself, since the program wouldn't create it automatically. It would have been nice, if it could also convert HLP file formats to DOC.

In conclusion: If you are too lazy to copy/paste the CHM content into a DOC file, you might as well download and install this application.

version reviewed: 5.2