The PandaWare Company has updated Simple Help Editor, its cross-platform help authoring application, to version 4.1.1. Mac and Windows users can use Simple Help Editor to create software help systems that display in Apple Help Viewer, Windows’ HTML Help viewer, a Web browser, or in a proprietary help window (for applications created with Real Software’s REALbasic).

The new version is a maintenance release with some bug fixes. Simple Help Editor allows creating platform-specific Help systems for display in Apple Help Viewer, Microsoft Windows’ HTML Help viewer, and Web browsers. It is available as a Mac OS X Universal Binary application (for Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher) and a Windows 2000 or higher application. Both can be downloaded from the PandaWare Company’s web site (http://www.pandaware.com/download.html#simplehelp).

Unregistered copies work in demo mode for up to 30 days. The cost is US$50 for a single-platform license and $85 for a cross-platform license. Version 4.1.1 is a free update for registered users of version 4.x.