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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?
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 [...]
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)?
How to add a border around an image?
I'm using Helpsmith to create documentation for my app.
Q: Does HelpSmith allow adding a border around an image in a topic?
Limitations of HelpSmith trial version
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.
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 [...]
How do I create a numbered list properly?
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 [...]
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?
Customization options for a help system
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.
Publishing a web help system on a WordPress website
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?
