Popular Topics
Most popular topics discussed by the users.
How to update a screenshot in my help project?
In my HelpSmith project, I have a screenshot which is used in multiple topics.
How can I replace/update the screenshot image with a newer version?
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?
How to publish a Web Help system?
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 [...]
How to import documentation from another help authoring tool
We have documentation that was generated using another help authoring tool. While HelpSmith seems like a better fit for our needs, we need to migrate the existing documentation in order to retain styles and other formatting.
Q: What is the best way to import the existing documentation into HelpSmith?
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 [...]
Lifetime license or annual subscription?
I am considering purchasing a license for HelpSmith Professional or Ultimate edition.
Please let me know if the license cost is an annual subscription or lifetime license?
If I purchase a license, will it include support and upgrades for one year?
Thanks!
Can I create a list or TOC for topics with videos?
I want to have a page that will list all of the topics with an associated video.
I looked into links, keywords, bookmarks, text variables but I couldn't figure out a way to have a list of videos.
Is this possible?
How to add a favicon to a web help system?
I've created a webhelp system using HelpSmith and it works just fine.
Q: Can you provide some instructions on how to add a favicon?
How to import a RoboHelp project to HelpSmith
We currently have documentation created using RoboHelp, but we are considering switching to HelpSmith.
Q: What would be the best method for exporting a RoboHelp project to HelpSmith while preserving the table of contents (TOC) hierarchy and CSS styles?
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?
