Released: Nov 23, 2023

Updates in 1.8.0

Features

• Favorites Tool - Added a favorites tool, where you can store objects that you want to re-insert regularly. Favorites are stored in a hidden Xplain file, which you can open and edit to modify your favorites list.
• Format Painter - Added a new Format Painter that works in the same way as in Help+Manual, or in Microsoft Office.
• Minor Changes:
  • Added new additional numbering steps - with text label attached.
  • Canvas background: A transparent background option has been added. This option is less important for animated presentations. But if you use HelpXplain to annotate screenshots, it creates transparent PNG files.
  • Object Shadows can now be centered.
  • Shadow direction is now displayed independently from the object rotation (and keeps its position when rotating the object).
  • Function "Fit Slide to Objects" has been improved: It is more exact and uses a more detailed positioning analysis.
  • Shape text editor: F2 now starts edit and ESC cancels edit.
  • Command line compiler XplainCmd.exe can now export single-slide Xplains to SVG.
  • HelpXplain can now open and edit .SnipX files.

Fixes

• Bug fix: A change of line caps was not restored by the undo function.
• Bug fix: Undo did not work after image modification with the Skew tool.
• Bug fix for multiple instances of HelpXplain (64 bit only).
• Bug fix in script file: When slides were made invisible in HelpXplain, the slide index was mixed up in the output HTML file, causing slide animations not to run.