Helpinator Manual
Helpinator Manual
About the Book
In-depth dive into the world of technical writing with Helpinator.
About the Author
Table of Contents
- About
- Benefits
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Tutorial
- Starting a new project
- Capturing screenshots
- Adding callouts
- Writing topics
- Creating a tutorial (a step-by step guide
- Compiling a help file
- Support
- Order
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How to…
- Start a new project
- Import existing documentation
- Capture screenshots
- REcapture screenshots
- Add annotations to screenshots
- Quickly update screenshots when UI changes
- Create step-by-step guides
- Create CHM help file
- Create PDF and printed manuals
- Create WebHelp
- Create QtHelp
- Create JavaHelp and OracleHelp
- Create EPUB and MOBI ebooks
- Embed Video from YouTube, Vimeo and etc
- Change order and hierarchy of topics quickly
- Create a FAQ
- Create a Quiz
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Getting Started
- UI Overview
- Project Structure
- Output Formats
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Project
- Variables
- Storage Modes
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Topics and Content
- Manage Topics
- Classic Toolbar WYSIWYG Editor
- Tabbed Toolbar Editor
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Styles
- Text and Paragraph Styles
- Table Styles
- Shape Styles
- Guide Styles
- Manage Glossary
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Images
- Managing Images
- Image Editor
- Using Images
- Cloned Images
- Paste from Clipboard
- How to Work With Video
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Step-by-step Guides
- How to create a step-by-step guide
- How to use guides in topics
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Text Snippets
- How to use text snippets
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Code Snippets
- How to use code snippets
- Code snippets in help files
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Templates
- HTML-based Templates
- PDF/RTF/Print Templates
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Tools
- Search and Replace
- Context IDs
- Screenshots
- Global Spellcheck
- Image Tools
- Check Links
- REImport
- WordPress Theme Builder
- GIF Screen Recorder
- Reports
- ToDo List
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Formats
- CHM
- PDF/RTF
- Classic WebHelp
- WebHelp 2
- Printed Manuals
- QtHelp
- JavaHelp
- EPUB
- MOBI
- OracleHelp
- HelpGUI
- MajorMindHelp
- Wordpress CMS
- Knowledge Base
- GitHub-flavored Markdown
- SimpleDocServer
- LiteHelp
- LeanPub
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Advanced Topics
- Conditional compilation
- Command line tool
- Organizing text reviews
- Batch Compile
- MajorMindHelpViewer
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Localizing help files
- Multiple languages
- Language strings
- XML Import/Export
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Quizzes
- Quizzes Editor Overview
- How to Embed a Quiz
- Sample Quiz
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FAQ Lists
- FAQ Editor Overview
- How to Embed a FAQ
- Sample FAQ
- Quiz Answers
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