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UNICODE characters not appearing in left panel in CHM file

I am a licensed user ver 10 I use Telugu language for creating Chm files. I am able to enter text in the topic. But in the left panel I am getting ???? marks. Please resolve.
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How to insert a link to jump to a specific place in a topic?

I'm a creating a help system and would like to add a link that jumps to a specific point, for example, in the middle of a topic. Does HelpSmith include such a feature?
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How to open the last edited project automatically

I would like the project that was last edited to be automatically opened when the HelpSmith starts. This way, the user can quickly continue working from the same point. Does HelpSmith have an option to open the last edited project file?
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How to set meta tags for topics in a Web Help system?

Is it possible to set Keywords and Description meta tags for individual topics? Can you provide instructions for this task?
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How to install a spell checker dictionary

Is it possible to add spell checker dictionaries for other languages to HelpSmith? Please advise.
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How to exclude a topic from the help system?

In my help project, I've hidden a topic by enabling the Hidden option in the topic properties. In compiled CHM and Web Help system, the topic does not appear in the Table of Contents. But when clicking on a hyperlink in another topic, the hidden topic is displayed. In Printed Manual/PDF document, the topic does not appear in the Table of Conten [...]
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How to add Related Links associated by keywords?

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!
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Opening a compiled Web Help system

When I click Project>Compile in HelpSmith to produce a web help system, it opens the generated help system in the browser and everything works fine. But if I launch the generated index.htm file manually in Windows explorer, some functions do not seem to work. For example, I cannot select a topic in the TOC, search topics by keywords, etc. H [...]
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How to find an invalid link in the compilation log?

When I compile a help project, the compilation window shows some warnings saying that the help project contains an invalid hyperlink, and so on. But how do I find where the broken hyperlink is located?
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