User's Discussions

I've created a new HelpSmith project and compiled it as a web help system. The URL link to the topic looks like: http://127.0.0.1:8080/WebHelp/idh-topic10.html How do I define a meaningful URL link for my topics (like you have in the sample help projects)?

I'm using HelpSmith's Image Tool to produce a help file for my application. The Capture Controls option works fine and I can add control annotations for buttons, text boxes, and other controls. Q: Is it possible to capture a menu in my application to generate a topic for it?

I have a help project in which I want to add a Related Links section at the bottom of each topic. My questions: How do I setup a Related Links section to display topics associated by keywords? Is it possible to apply these links to multiple topics? Thanks!

The first question: If there are too many image files in the file to be imported, what should I do? The second question: Which font is the most compatible with the Korean font?

I've downloaded your HelpSmith software to create our online documentation which can be accessed by other people. Currently we have some questions on documentation publishing: Can we publish a generated Web Help system on our website? How can we publish a Web Help system for use within our organization? Is it possible to link to a specific top [...]

We are evaluating different help authoring tools and we like the features (such as batch compilation, build tags, image annotations, etc.) offered by HelpSmith, which can be useful for our documentation. I would like to learn more about customization options that HelpSmith provides to design the style of our help files and manuals.

When I generate a CHM file or Web Help system, the topics appear normally. But when generating a Printed Manual or PDF documentation, if a topic is longer than the height of the page, its content is cut off at the bottom of the page. Please advise how I can fix this issue? PS: BTW, I checked the HelpSmith's sample projects, and it seems to work [...]

Is it possible to use an existing "Word template" to be filled with Helpsmith content? To use it as a word template for printed documentation? Thank you a lot for your help.

I'm looking for a help authoring tool that can be recommended for use in our company. Q: Can I have a HelpSmith demo version for evaluation? Thank you!