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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)?

In our .CHM help file, we have several videos embedded from our YouTube channel. These videos worked fine before, but now the CHM viewer is displaying an error message instead of playing the video. Q: We would like to know what could be causing this issue and how we can fix it.

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?

I'm using Helpsmith to create documentation for my app. Q: Does HelpSmith allow adding a border around an image in a topic?

While I'm evaluating help authoring tools to use for my application's help file, I have a couple of questions on HelpSmith: What are the trial limitations of the HelpSmith trial version? If I create a help project with the trial, will I be able to continue working on it after purchasing a license? Thank you.

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 [...]

When I create a numbered list by clicking the Write|Numbering button, the selected paragraphs turn into numbered list as expected like: Lorem ipsum dolor Lorem ipsum dolor Lorem ipsum dolor However, in some cases, when I create a new list or insert a new paragraph into an existing list, several paragraphs of this list have the same number (1 [...]

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?

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.

We have almost completed the creation of a web help system with HelpSmith. I have a couple of questions: How can we publish the help system on our website? Is Web Help compatible with a website created using WordPress?