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Download Help Generator for Microsoft Access 2002 - 2019

Alternative downloads:

• msi setup: zips/helpgeneratormsasetup.zip
• Help Generator for Microsoft Access 2000 - 2019 previous version (5.0) - may also be useful if you have not sufficient space for NET Framework 4
  

Note: requires NET Framework 4.0 and Office 32 bit version

Brief Description

Help Generator for Microsoft Access 2002 - 2019. The fastest way to add help and documentation to your Microsoft Access applications.

Quick Details

• File Name: helpgeneratormsasetup.exe
• Alternative: helpgeneratormsasetup.msi - useful for administrators
• Release: 13may19
• Language: English
• Download Size: 11.053kb

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. Windows 10:  Type Help Editor in the Windows 10 search box and press enter.
2. Windows 8:  Start the Help Editor from the Windows Start Screen.
3. Windows 7:  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.