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Helpinator Manual

Dmitri Popov

This manual is a comprehensive guide on features of Helpinator.

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In-depth dive into the world of technical writing with Helpinator.

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Dmitri Popov

Independent Software Vendor, author of Helpinator.

Contents

Table of Contents

About

Benefits

Tutorial

  1. Starting a new project
  2. Capturing screenshots
  3. Adding callouts
  4. Writing topics
  5. Creating a tutorial (a step-by step guide
  6. Compiling a help file

Support

Order

How to…

  1. Start a new project
  2. Import existing documentation
  3. Capture screenshots
  4. REcapture screenshots
  5. Add annotations to screenshots
  6. Quickly update screenshots when UI changes
  7. Create step-by-step guides
  8. Create CHM help file
  9. Create PDF and printed manuals
  10. Create WebHelp
  11. Create QtHelp
  12. Create JavaHelp and OracleHelp
  13. Create EPUB and MOBI ebooks
  14. Embed Video from YouTube, Vimeo and etc
  15. Change order and hierarchy of topics quickly
  16. Create a FAQ
  17. Create a Quiz

Getting Started

  1. UI Overview
  2. Project Structure
  3. Output Formats

Project

  1. Variables
  2. Storage Modes

Topics and Content

  1. Manage Topics
  2. Classic Toolbar WYSIWYG Editor
  3. Tabbed Toolbar Editor

Styles

  1. Text and Paragraph Styles
  2. Table Styles
  3. Shape Styles
  4. Guide Styles

Manage Glossary

Images

  1. Managing Images
  2. Image Editor
  3. Using Images
  4. Cloned Images
  5. Paste from Clipboard

How to Work With Video

Step-by-step Guides

  1. How to create a step-by-step guide
  2. How to use guides in topics

Text Snippets

  1. How to use text snippets

Code Snippets

  1. How to use code snippets
  2. Code snippets in help files

Templates

  1. HTML-based Templates
  2. PDF/RTF/Print Templates

Tools

  1. Search and Replace
  2. Context IDs
  3. Screenshots
  4. Global Spellcheck
  5. Image Tools
  6. Check Links
  7. REImport
  8. WordPress Theme Builder
  9. GIF Screen Recorder

Reports

ToDo List

Formats

  1. CHM
  2. PDF/RTF
  3. Classic WebHelp
  4. WebHelp 2
  5. Printed Manuals
  6. QtHelp
  7. JavaHelp
  8. EPUB
  9. MOBI
  10. OracleHelp
  11. HelpGUI
  12. MajorMindHelp
  13. Wordpress CMS
  14. Knowledge Base
  15. GitHub-flavored Markdown
  16. SimpleDocServer
  17. LiteHelp
  18. LeanPub

Advanced Topics

  1. Conditional compilation
  2. Command line tool
  3. Organizing text reviews
  4. Batch Compile
  5. MajorMindHelpViewer

Localizing help files

  1. Multiple languages
  2. Language strings
  3. XML Import/Export

Quizzes

  1. Quizzes Editor Overview
  2. How to Embed a Quiz
  3. Sample Quiz

FAQ Lists

  1. FAQ Editor Overview
  2. How to Embed a FAQ
  3. Sample FAQ

Quiz Answers

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