ABC Amber HLP Converter 5.01

ABC Amber HLP Converter is a very useful utility which converts Help (*.hlp) files into a wide range of documents, starting with PDF and ending with Pocket Word Document.

From the very beginning I must mention that the program itself doesn't contain all the converters needed to perform conversions of files. For example if you want to convert to DOC, you will need to install Microsoft Office converters, or, in case you want to convert to want to convert to pocket Word Document, you need to install Microsoft ActiveSync.

If the converters are installed on your system, the program works like a charm. It will convert extremely quickly any HLP files, regardless of their size. The options are quite various: font and color settings for text, header, subheader, hyper text; history of performed actions, error log file; security, document information and formatting for PDF output files, etc. Among the supported output file formats we may mention: PDF, RTF, HTML, DOC, CHM, TXT, DBF, XML, CSV, XLS, MDB, MCW, etc.

Pluses: ABC Amber HLP Converter can be run from command line, supports batch conversion, selection of charset; the multi language support features more than fifty languages to choose from. Most important: by clicking the 'View' - ''Show list of converters' button on the menu, the program it will show you the list of installed converters in order for you to know which output formats are available.

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In conclusion: Now, one can take anywhere the documentation for a program and have full access to it even if the program is not installed on their machine. The intuitive interface and the ease of use turn ABC Amber HLP Converter into a must have program.

version reviewed: 1.11