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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.
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?
How to create bulleted and numbered lists quickly
When editing the content of a topic in my help project, I often find myself needing to create bulleted and numbered lists with the same font and indentation settings.
Q: Is there a quick way to create these lists with the desired settings?
Updating/Upgrading HelpSmith
What's the recommended process to update HelpSmith regardless of the version being upgraded?
Can you install the new version(s) right over the existing installation (being sure note if it's 32-bit or 64-bit) or should the previous version be uninstalled first?
Editing a help project by multiple users
If we use HelpSmith Terminal Server Edition with floating licenses, will it be possible to edit the same help project by multiple users?
How to delete unused images in a project
How can I delete all unused images in my project?
How to translate a help project into other languages?
We created a help file with HelpSmith that we plan to translate into other languages.
In the help project, we need to translate TOC titles, content of help topics, texts in screenshots, texts in image annotations, keywords, and other texts.
Can you provide more information on the translation capabilities:
Is it possible to translate texts in t [...]
How to change page settings in PDF manual?
We have a HelpSmith project that we use to produce our web-based help system, and it works just fine.
When we generate a PDF manual, we need to change some page settings, such as page size, margins, etc. The Page Properties button in the toolbar does not seem to work.
Q: How can we change the PDF's page settings?
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 [...]