HelpSmith Logo
Making Help Authoring a Pleasure to Do
Free DownloadStart your free trial now
HelpSmith Topics
Making Help Authoring a Pleasure To Do

Popular Topics

Most popular topics discussed by the users.

How to paste plain text without styles

When I copy some text from a web page in the browser, and then paste it (by pressing Ctrl+V) into a topic, it seems like HelpSmith inserts the text using the font style which is the same as on the webpage. Q: Is it possible to paste text without a style?
Read More
32

Navigation link for top of page

I want to be able to add a navigation link via the Insert Navigation Links dialog that makes a jump up to the top of the page when clicked. Is there any such functionality implemented, or is it possible to accomplish through customization of the available link types?
Read More
24

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 [...]
Read More
56

Copy topics from another HelpSmith project?

Is it possible to copy topics between different HelpSmith projects? For example, I would like to copy topics to my current help project from another project. Please advise.
Read More
37

Working on the same help project by a team

We are looking for a help authoring tool and your HelpSmith product seems to be a suitable solution for our company. Is it possible for a team to work on the same project collaboratively? This is an important feature for our use.
Read More
47

How to integrate help system with .NET app?

We are using HelpSmith to create documentation for our desktop software. Q: How can we integrate the generated help system with our .NET application?
Read More
47

How to fit content to a printed page in PDF?

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 [...]
Read More
46

How to define user-friendly URL links for topics

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)?
Read More
34

Using tab stops in HTML Help and Web Help formats

I'm using tab stops to align text in a help topic. While editing the topic in HelpSmith, the tab stops work fine. But when I create CHM help file or Web Help, the lines are not formatted properly. How can I fix this, so that the lines to be formatted properly both in HelpSmith and in compiled help file?
Read More
34

Using XML Content Translation tool

Is it possible to use Xml Content Translator tool to translate the texts in our HelpSmith project into other languages? What we need to do is: Translate a copy of the existing help project. Translate texts with an automated translation service like Google Translate. Edit the translated texts manually to improve quality. Translate the text and [...]
Read More
37
Hello World
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
OK
Login
Nickname or Email:
Password:
If you do not have an account, you can register.