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Write Clearer Docs and Manuals with High-DPI UI

September 15, 2025Product Update
Help & Manual version 10 adds a refreshed high DPI user interface with crisp vector icons, dark mode support, and automatic theme switching.

EC Software Wins ComponentSource Award

May 13, 2025Publisher Award
ComponentSource has awarded EC Software a Top 100 Publisher Award in the annual ComponentSource Awards for 2025.

Streamline Documentation Creation with OCR

May 16, 2024Product Update
Help and Manual 9.5.0 enhances text capture with integrated Optical Character Recognition in both screen capture and image editing tools.

EC Software Wins ComponentSource Award

April 30, 2024Publisher Award
ComponentSource has awarded EC Software a Top 100 Publisher Award in the annual ComponentSource Awards for 2024.

Celebrating 15 Year Partnership with EC Software

April 29, 2024Publisher Milestone
ComponentSource and EC Software mark a 15 year milestone, delivering innovative documentation solutions to technical authors worldwide.

Quickly Copy and Apply Formatting to Objects

December 13, 2023Product Update
HelpXplain 1.8.0 adds a new format painter tool to simplify the process of formatting multiple elements in your projects.
Help & Manual 9.2.0 Build 6536

Help & Manual 9.2.0 Build 6536

August 16, 2023New Version
Improves Find and Replace, Topic Editor and Word/RTF import.
Help & Manual Translation Assistant 9.2.0 Build 530

Help & Manual Translation Assistant 9.2.0 Build 530

August 16, 2023New Version
Improves 'copy-paragraph' function and mouse wheel scrolling.
Help & Manual Premium Pack 5.1.0

Help & Manual Premium Pack 5.1.0

July 13, 2023New Version
Improves skin performance on smartphones, particularly Android phones.
HelpXplain 1.7.0

HelpXplain 1.7.0

July 4, 2023New Version
Callout shapes now support multiple pointers.
Help & Manual Premium Pack 5.0.4

Help & Manual Premium Pack 5.0.4

April 28, 2023New Version
Adds Topic title font size variable for print mode.
Help & Manual 9.1.0 Build 6440

Help & Manual 9.1.0 Build 6440

April 11, 2023New Version
Improves memory management when importing large chunks of HTML files.
Help & Manual Translation Assistant 9.1.0 Build 500

Help & Manual Translation Assistant 9.1.0 Build 500

April 11, 2023New Version
DeepL Plugin adds Korean and Norwegian translation.
Help & Manual Premium Pack 5.0.3

Help & Manual Premium Pack 5.0.3

January 17, 2023New Version
Includes improvements for Cool Max skins.
Help & Manual 9.0.2 Build 6342

Help & Manual 9.0.2 Build 6342

December 20, 2022New Version
Topic Editor improves mouse hints for images formatted with an image style.
Help & Manual Translation Assistant 9.0.2 Build 472

Help & Manual Translation Assistant 9.0.2 Build 472

December 20, 2022New Version
Topic Editor adds the ability to use 'CTRL+A' to select all.
Help & Manual 9.0.0 Build 6303

Help & Manual 9.0.0 Build 6303

November 22, 2022New Version
Adds version control with Git support, image styles and PDF merging.
Help & Manual Premium Pack 5.0.0

Help & Manual Premium Pack 5.0.0

November 22, 2022New Version
Adds new and updated skins with improved accessibility, plus support for Google Analytics 4.
Help & Manual Translation Assistant released

Help & Manual Translation Assistant released

October 25, 2022New Product
Includes side-by-side views, WYSIWYG editor, support for machine translation and translation package export.
Help & Manual 8.5.0 Build 5980

Help & Manual 8.5.0 Build 5980

August 24, 2022New Version
Now includes new eWriter Viewer to create stand-alone EXE e-books.