Authoring Help Files

[Spectre5000]

I need to create a help file for an application that I am writing, and I have some basic questions on this.

I know I can write the help file in MS Word, save the documents, and then just load them when the user clicks
on the Help menu item. However, I was wondering if there is an application that would allow me to write
help files that look like, well, standard help (for lack of a better term). Like for instance - when I click
on help in VB 6.0, I get the MSDN help screen. Is there an application that I can use to author help files to look
like this? If so, where can I get a copy (downloadable)?

[Amit Dahotre]

Create all your help pages in MSWORD, save then as .htm files.

Use the "HTML Help Workshop" that comes with Visual Studio to compile the files.

And you will get MSDN style help working

[John G Duffy]

If you dont have visual studio, you can download the Help Workshop from MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/hwMicrosoftHTMLHelpDownloads.asp

John G