JavaHelp authoring

What tools do people generally use to author help for JavaHelp?
Is there a reasonable workflow using OpenOffice plus some other tool or process?
Ideally I would like to be able to create PDF, web help and JavaHelp from the same source.
(I know this has been asked before, but the answer probably changes over time. If it has been asked recently I apologise, I scanned back a few pages and didn't see anything).

Hi.
And you may try JHelpDev from http://www.mk-home.de . It's totally free with sourcecode.
But its TOC and Index editor is very simple, you need to spend much more time to setup your Help System
I didnot recommend Hellon from Software 7 GmbH. It's expensive.
I recommend JavaHelpAuthor from http://www.pivotonic.com .
It's a good WYSWYG editor for helpset file and provide a powerful and utilitarian table of content and index editor.
You may use it to finish your work in its expired times.
good luck.

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