You will be able to distribute these files, but they may have notes on every topic, described that you use trial version or something else. If you plan to use some of them, you must buy it.
Designer is WYSIWYG instrument, that shows you how will look compiled help file. When you write the whole help, you must compile it.
There are designer versions also for creating WinHelp files and HTML Help files.
Plamen Ivanov
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