Creating help files

Place h1. It doesn't get any easier than this. Upload images to the Media Manager, then insert them from there into your topics. Share images between help files and topics. Help files for different product versions can share most of the topics. Just copy and modify the topics that need updating.

Have multiple products that are similar or share features? Then create shared topics not copies! Define your own variables e. Now include the variables in shared topics to have them show up different in each help file. Your help topics are live and online immediately, hosted on Manula.

Publish your topic changes - instantly. Topic modifications can be saved as a draft, or with one click, published to the web. No need to upload HTML files and images. Changes are live instantly.

The design of your live help files automatically adapts to the screen size of your readers. Which means your help files will look great on full screen desktop browser, on tablet computers in both portrait and landscape mode and even on small screen mobile devices.

Every online help file automatically comes with a Search box, for simple and fast searching. Search results are based on your topic titles, the body text of your topics and your defined keywords. Offer downloadable PDF help files to your readers. The PDF files can be updated anytime from your topic database. The Manula system logs the hits on all your help topics, so that you can easily track which topics are the most popular. Upgrade to Microsoft Edge to take advantage of the latest features, security updates, and technical support.

An HTML help project. The project file also contains information about how a compiled help file will appear. Window definitions you create in the project file determine attributes of your help windows, such as size and position. As a help author, you create the project file and add to it the locations of your topic, contents, index, and other files.

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