We are thrilled to announce the release of HelpNDoc 9.7, packed with exciting new features, significant performance improvements, and important fixes to improve your documentation workflow. This version introduces New Build Assets Management, Default Table Settings, and major enhancements to the script editor, along with faster auto-completion, improved UI responsiveness, and more! If you’re looking for a powerful, efficient, and user-friendly help authoring tool, now is the perfect time to try HelpNDoc 9.7, which is free for personal use and evaluation purposes. Keep reading to discover how these updates can improve your documentation process!
🚀 New Build Asset Management for a More Organized Workflow
Easily manage and include multiple external or embedded assets in your builds for a more complete and streamlined documentation package.
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With the new Build Assets Management feature, technical writers can now assign a unique set of external or embedded file assets to each individual build, ensuring a smooth and complete documentation package. Whether it’s PDF guides, additional HTML files, multimedia content, or supporting documents, HelpNDoc automatically exports the specific assets designated for each build to its corresponding output directory. This feature is especially useful for those creating software documentation, e-learning materials, or product manuals, as it ensures all necessary files are included with the final output, saving time and reducing errors while maintaining precise control over build content.
📊 Simplified and Consistent Table Formatting with Default Settings
Say goodbye to manual table formatting! With HelpNDoc 9.7, you can now automatically set and apply default table settings to ensure a seamless and consistent look throughout your documentation.
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Tables are an essential part of structured documentation, and HelpNDoc 9.7 now allows users to save and apply default table settings for new tables created within a project. This eliminates the need to manually adjust formatting each time a table is inserted, ensuring consistent design, improved readability, and faster content creation. For technical writers working on user guides, reports, or knowledge bases, this feature increases efficiency and maintains document uniformity, reducing time spent on repetitive formatting tasks.
✍️ Smarter and More Intuitive Script Editing for Efficient Workflows
Take your script editing to the next level with powerful new enhancements! HelpNDoc 9.7 introduces multi-caret editing and middle mouse panning, making it easier than ever to edit multiple lines at once and navigate through large scripts with ease.
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With the new ALT+Click multiple caret editing, users can select and modify multiple lines simultaneously — ideal for making bulk changes to scripts or templates. Additionally, the middle mouse button panning makes navigating large scripts seamless and intuitive. These features greatly benefit technical writers who work with automation scripts, batch processing, or template customization, streamlining their workflow and reducing tedious manual edits.
⚡ Lightning-Fast Performance and Increased Productivity
Speed up your workflow with HelpNDoc 9.7’s major performance enhancements! This update brings faster auto-completion, improved topic selection speed, and optimized syntax highlighting, making documentation work smoother and more efficient than ever before.
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Performance is at the core of HelpNDoc 9.7, delivering snappier auto-completion, improved topic selection speed, and faster syntax highlighting for JSON, INI/TOML, and Python scripts. Writers working on large projects will notice reduced delays when inserting hyperlinks and an overall smoother user experience. These improvements make content creation more responsive, efficient, and enjoyable, especially for teams handling large documentation projects.
🛠️ Critical Bug Fixes and Quality-of-Life Enhancements
Experience a smoother, more reliable documentation workflow with HelpNDoc 9.7’s latest fixes and enhancements! This update addresses various issues ranging from UI glitches to build deletions, ensuring a seamless user experience.
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This release also includes several bug fixes and refinements to improve the overall usability. Issues such as transparent text creation, incomplete build deletions, outdated topic statistics, and UI rendering inefficiencies have been addressed. In addition, Windows Snap Layout support has been added for a more modern user experience. For a complete list of fixes and updates, see the detailed change log below.
📥 Get HelpNDoc 9.7 Now – Free for Personal Use and Evaluation!
Take advantage of the latest features and performance enhancements in HelpNDoc 9.7! Download it today and experience a more efficient, streamlined documentation workflow at no cost for personal use and evaluation.
HelpNDoc continues to evolve to make technical writing easier, faster, and more efficient. With these powerful new features and improvements, now is the best time to download HelpNDoc, which remains free for personal use and evaluation purposes. Try it today and take your documentation workflow to the next level!
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Change log
Version 9.7.0.541 – Release date: Feb 24, 2025
- New build assets: each build may include multiple file assets, either external or stored within the project, which will be exported to the build's output directory
- Default table settings can now be saved and automatically applied to all new tables created within the project
- Script editor now supports multiple caret editing: use the ALT keyboard shortcut to select multiple items and start typing to update them all at once
- Middle mouse panning support in script editor: middle scroll wheel click activates panning which scrolls the editor based on mouse movements
- Greatly reduced the CTRL+SPACE auto-completion delays when inserting hyperlinks to topics in large projects
- Improved selection speed of topics in hyperlink editor for large projects
- It was still possible to create transparent text content in topic editor, snippet editor, and template editor
- When deleting a build, some items were not properly deleted such as build actions, assets, library overrides, status, styles and tags associations
- Improved speed and reliability of JSON, INI/TOML and Python syntax highlighters
- HndEditor.GetAnchorList method is a lot faster for editor with large content
- Topic statistics remained visible and outdated even when no projects were open
- It was possible to select a spelling dictionary even when no projects were open
- Faster rendering of various vector-based user interface elements resulting in snappier forms and overall application rendering
- Improved file open and save dialogs by removing unexpected errors
- Windows now display the standard Snap Layout popup when the mouse is hovering over the maximize button of their title bar
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