Help & Manual Professional Releases

Released: Jul 27, 2019

Updates in 7.5.2

Fixes

  • Bugfix in table selection: copy/paste was sometimes confused and when converting selected text (e.g. a link) in a table cell to plain text, the entire table cell was converted.
  • Word/RTF Import: in some rare cases, an image was considered a duplicate when in fact it was not duplicate.

Released: Jun 25, 2019

Updates in 7.5.1

Features

  • Open picture dialog: HelpXplain files can be used as static images - similar to Impict pictures.

Fixes

  • PDF manuals with double-rendering loops: snippets placed directly in the print manual template (MNL) had duplicate page referrers.
  • Editing tables and table cell properties could generate an index-out-of-bounds error.
  • Setting column width by dialog window did not immediately refresh table.
  • Undo after table change could cause strange effects.

Released: Apr 23, 2019

Updates in 7.5

Features

  • Text-to-table function updated: several users asked to simplify the text-to-table function and to not apply explicit column widths. The function is now much more transparent ans simply splits text by tab stops.
  • When using the right-click text-to-table function, the default table style class is applied automatically and the inserted table reflects the table style.
  • Added clipboard paste from OneNote.
  • Improved topic header synchronization: when duplicating a topic in the TOC with copy and...

Released: Jan 25, 2019

Updates in 7.4.2

Features

  • Text-to-table function implemented: if you select existing tabbed text in a topic and click Insert Table, it will convert the tabbed text into a table.
  • Conditional text: if IFDEF statements were used in text, in particular in tables, a long list of IFDEF options resulted in relatively wide condition tags. The display size of the condition tags has been restricted, a mouse-over hint shows the full list of conditions.
  • Images hotspots dialog: entry field for topic ID permits editing (copy...

Released: Nov 27, 2018

Updates in 7.4.1

Fixes

  • Style preview in tables did not work on some machines with Win7/64.
  • Issues with Russian date values in genitive form (<%DATELONG%> must return the month name in genitive form).
  • Word/DOCX export: warnings about invalid characters have been reduced.
  • Topic editor: header height was not updated automatically for multi-line topic headers.

Released: Nov 6, 2018

Updates in 7.4.0

Features

PDF Output

  • TrueType fonts located in TrueType collection packages can now be embedded. Package disassembly and embedding works automatically when you opt to embed TrueType fonts.
  • Before version 7.4, TrueType collection fonts were embedded as Type3 fonts, which generated a slightly blurry typeface. The Type3 fallback option is still present, but is used only, if a TrueType font fails to embed.
  • Italic simulation has been improved. Some fonts (example: Tahoma Italic) do not exist. The...

Released: Jul 3, 2018

Updates in 7.3.6

Fixes

General / User Interface

  • Project report with unused images: Toggle icons for expanded view were reported as “unused”, although they were in fact used by the project.
  • Dropdown toggles: If a dedicated “Print” icon was specified for the toggle object, the icon file was not automatically copied to the project folder.
  • Publishing Tasks Dialog: The More menu has an additional entry to directly open the specified output folder of the selected task. Bug fix: task options were not saved for EXE...

Released: Mar 19, 2018

Updates in 7.3.5

Features

  • Added support for Goalfish presentations - Help+Manual 7.3.5 fully supports the integration of Goalfish presentations into Help+Manual documentation.

Fixes

  • PDF: keyword references sometimes not clickable, font embedding problem with TrueType fonts, page referrers not aligned properly when using the PDF/A option. Two minor glitches in the manual designer have been solved as well.
  • HTML Help/CHM: internal script has been updated to fix the problem that full-text search words contained in...

Released: Jan 5, 2018

Updates in 7.3.4

Features

  • Insert Image Hotspots - The hotspot editor now supports a zoom function to make it easier to work on hotspots on high-resolution monitors.
  • PDF/Print Manuals - The manual template designer has an extra option for keyword index separators. Keyword sections can be created automatically from the actual keyword index. This improves the compatibility of PDF templates with projects in multiple languages.
  • Conditional Text - The Insert Condition dialog box now remembers the last option used...

Released: Dec 1, 2017

Updates in 7.3.3

Features

  • Keyword Index Tool - Improved display when searching for a particular keyword.
  • Insert Snippet Dialog - Remembers the option to insert a snippet inline or on a new line.
  • Webhelp Full-text Search - The default word length limit of 35 characters has been extended.
  • Code Editor for Baggage Files - Support for .PHP and .ASP implemented.
  • AuthorIT Import - Context numbers were missing in some cases.
  • Inline Text Toggles - When expanded, it was possible that hidden text was inserted twice...