Help & Manual

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Create user manuals and help files for your application using this tool, which offers you all the necessary instruments to format your text, insert pictures and design the visual layout

What's new in Help & Manual 8.4.0 Build 5872:

DeepL Translation Plugin:
This update comes with a revised version of the DeepL Translation Plugin. DeepL has recently started to offer free API keys, that you can use to auto-translate a certain amount of text per month (the free contingent is a generous 500.000 characters). The free API keys, however, require a different API address and Help+Manual 8.4 now works with both, the paid and the free translation API.
If you always wondered about the semi-automatic translation but could not wrap your head around purchasing a DeepL subscription, take a look at this upgrade and sign up at DeepL for a free API key to give it a try.
Another modification concerns the translation glossary terms. This sorted list is now applied in reverse order. Before, multiple terms like “MyFace” and “MyFace Player App” would exclude one another. By applying reverse order, “MyFace Player App” takes precedence over “MyFace”.

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Help & Manual is an authoring tool designed for Windows which enables you to create help files for software applications, such as Winhelp, HTML HELP and PDF user documentation.

The interface of the program is similar to the one of a word processing tool, such as Microsoft Word. It contains modern elements, including a ribbon bar.

So, you can create a compiled HTML help file (CHM), Winhelp source file (HPJ), RTF document with Microsoft Word, HelpScribble project, regular HTML and text file, RoboHelp for an HTML project file, as well as a Sandcastle documentation file.

Help & Manual provides you with several customization options; you can get started by specifying the source file or folder and output destination, after which you can configure import settings.

For instance, you can make the first heading tag go into the header of a HTML help file, import invisible block elements and make them visible, as well as make Help & Manual ignore internal folders and import the topic with the page name only.

The word processing tool allows you to customize font settings, import tables, links, images and various objects (e.g. mathematical symbols). Plus, you can use the undo and redo functions, change the interface style and language, specify the default image editor, customize the ribbon bar, reconfigure keyboard shortcuts, as well as use a screen as a reference device for the PDF output, just to name a few.

Help & Manual requires a high amount of system resources, includes user documentation, and has a good response time. We have not come across any issues during our evaluation. However, first-time users may need some time to get familiarized with the advanced settings provided by this app, while skilled users should be thrilled by the multitude of customization preferences available through Help & Manual.