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Software magazines called ABC Amber CHM Converter "the best ever tool to convert your chm documentation into pdf format".

Most likely, ABC Amber CHM Converter is a batch decompiler for Compiled Windows HTML Help files (*.chm) you’ve been searching for a long time. Taking CHM files or CHM ebooks, it will convert them to any document format you wish - PDF, RTF, HTML, DOC, HLP, TXT, DBF, XML, CSV, XLS, MDB, etc.

It creates the contents with bookmarks (in PDF, RTF, DOC and HTML), extracts pictures, keeps hyperlinks and the structure of CHM file. In other words, you can produce a new hypertext system in most popular formats.

Key features of conversion to PDF using ABC Amber CHM Converter program include 40/128 bits PDF encryption, advanced PDF security options, page size and page orientation support, resolution mode, compression mode, and more.

Also you can use this program as a chm2web and chm2hlp tool. As all "ABC Amber" products, it’s really easy as ABC and powerful as Amber. Currently our software supports more than 50 languages.

No doubt this powerful tool helps you save your time and reduce your efforts.

Key Features

  • reads CHM files and converts them to PDF (doesn’t require Adobe Acrobat to be installed), HTML (single file and web-site), RTF (MS Word doesn’t need to be installed), HLP, TXT (ANSI and Unicode), DOC (MS Word), DBF, MDB (MS Access), CSV, XML, XLS (MS Excel), Clipboard
  • supports a batch conversion (registered version only)
  • generates contents with bookmarks and hyperlinks in the output file
  • supports multiple charsets and encoding tables
  • easy to use and easy to set up
  • extracts pictures, maintains hyperlinks
  • keeps the structure of CHM file
  • processes bookmarks, frames and scripts in CHM file
  • supports multiple PDF and HLP export options
  • exports to HJT (TreePad) and KNT (KeyNote) (since 4.08)
  • supports HTB files (since 5.09)
  • creates annotations in PDF for java pop-ups (since 6.34)
  • bonus: converts CHM to LIT (MS Reader), RB (Rocket eBook), FB2 (FictionBook) and PDB (Palm) (since 6.01), to IPD (BlackBerry) (since 6.23), to MHT (single Web Archive) (since 6.28)
  • multi-language support, command line support, skin support and more!

Since v2.18 the program can convert all topics, convert starting from the selected topic or convert only selected topic.
Since v3.03 it can process merged CHMs. Since v7.30 the program has a feature to load pictures from different sources.

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FAQ

Q: I created a PDF and can’t print it to the PDF printer because it’s reported to be encrypted.A: Select Tools - Options - PDF and unselect "encrypt PDFs" option.

Q: Is it possible to create a table of contents for the exported pdf? I.e. the pdf is intended to be printed, and a table of contents at the start of the document would make navigation of the document much easier.
A: Select Tools - Options - General and set "PDF export style" option to Old style (w/o bookmarks).

Q: My computer setup does not have a C: drive, windows etc is on the F: drive. I kept getting an invalid filename Error message. Is it possible to allow the designation of the temporary directory in the options menu?
A: Select Tools - Options - Misc, and set "Decompile directory" option. Please be careful and type a non-existing directory (it will be removed after you close ABC Amber CHM Converter program).

Q: I am having a problem with the output. Some of the converted pages are extending beyond the edge of the PDF.
A: There’s a useful option - "convert tables" (Tools - Options - General), please select it and create a new PDF.

There is the option to increase the speed of conversion.
Set "HTML import" option to embedded parser (Tools - Options - General), open your chm file and then convert it. However this is not the recommended way (external importer gives the better results - supports CSS styles, etc.)

Q: After running our CHM file through your software - the links within the PDF document pages were not preserved. Is there a setting that needs to be changed in order to keep the links within the pages themselves active?
A: Check "preserve local links" option (since v2.04).

Q: I’ve been trying out the demo version to convert some old CHM ebooks into PDF, and I’ve found the text has overflowed the bottom of the page and been truncated. Is this a known problem, and if so is a fix available?
A: Select Tools - Options - General - PDF export, and select "convert tables" option ("HTML import" option should be set to external importer).

Q: I am trying to evaluate CHM converter, and all I am getting for output is one or two lines.
A: Set "HTML import" option to embedded parser (Tools - Options - General), open your chm file and then convert it.

Q: I am converting my CHM e-books into PDF for my iRex Iliad. I need to have a custom PDF page size (124mm x 152mm) in order to have the best output. Is there any way that I can get Amber to do a custom PDF size?
A: Select Tools - Options - PDF, select "custom size" option and set PDF page width and height (the width = 469, the height = 574).

Q: I want to convert CHM to PDF and want to remove all "next" and "previous" images (links) which present on every page of CHM file. How to do this?
A: Select Tools - Options - Misc, and select "remove Previous and Next buttons" option.

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