The project library is a centralized location within HelpNDoc’s projects where technical writers can store and manage their help content, such as images, documents, videos, bar codes, equations, HTML code… Reusing items from the library in multiple topics within a help documentation project has several benefits. It improves consistency, saves time and effort, reduces the risk of errors, saves disk space, and keeps the project organized. By using the same items, users can create documentation more efficiently and make changes more easily. Overall, the library is an essential tool for creating high-quality, well-organized documentation.
We are glad to announce the release of HelpNDoc 6.9, a major update of the popular help authoring tool which can be downloaded completely free for personal use and evaluation purposes. This major update includes many new features such as the addition of a Bar codes and QR codes editor, the ability to analyze all anchors used within your documentation project, and much more. Read on to learn more and download your free version of HelpNDoc now.
We are excited to announce the release of the brand new HelpNDoc 7.0, a major update of the popular help authoring tool which can be downloaded completely free for personal use and evaluation purposes. This amazing new release includes a large amount of new features and enhancements, such as a brand new DocX Importer, a smoother and faster PDF Generator, a completely new Script Engine with faster execution and better reliability, a new "counter" library item and much, much more… Read on to learn more and download your free version of HelpNDoc now.
We are glad to announce the release of HelpNDoc 7.1, a major update of the popular help authoring tool which can be downloaded completely free for personal use and evaluation purposes. This major update includes many new features such as the ability to define default image settings, an enhanced spell checker which now supports snippets, new barcode symbologies, and much more. Read on to learn more and download your free version of HelpNDoc now.
You can choose how your library items (pictures, movies, documents...) are handled by HelpNDoc: they can be included within your project, or they can be dynamically included at generation time, when you choose to build your final documentation files. Using the second option, you provide a path for your media items so that HelpNDoc can find and include them when needed. This is very useful to be able to handle those items from outside of HelpNDoc, share them with a third party software... However, a problem might occur if those items need to be moved on your hard drive or networked path: to make sure HelpNDoc can still find your media elements, you'll need to manually update all of them one by one. As this can be a very long, tedious and error-prone task, this is great use case for HelpNDoc's powerful script editor. Let's see how we can leverage it to quickly update the whole library in a few seconds
We are glad to announce the release of HelpNDoc 5.7, a major update of the popular help authoring tool which can be downloaded completely free for personal use and evaluation purposes. This update includes a completely redesigned library items editor, which is now not only faster but also easier to use; advanced library items related tools such as the ability to export included library items or convert pictures to image maps and vice versa; better and faster popup previews of library items, including external pictures; and many additional enhancements and bug fixes. Download your free version of HelpNDoc now and read more to learn about this latest update
We are thrilled to announce the release of HelpNDoc 4.2 which is available as a free download starting now. HelpNDoc 4.2 adds folders to categorize library items, multi-selection to the library and keywords and is able to store the expansion state of all trees in the project amongst many other additions and bug fixes. Read on to learn more and download your free version now
This is with great pleasure that we announce the immediate availability of HelpNDoc 3.0 which can be downloaded and used freely for personal and evaluation purposes. Have a look at the feature tour page to have an overall look of all the new and updated features of HelpNDoc 3
Technical writing often requires a meticulous organization of various types of content, from text and images to videos and code snippets. HelpNDoc, known for its user-friendly interface and robust features, offers a significant asset to technical writers in the form of its Library feature. This tool is essential for managing and organizing content seamlessly within documentation projects.
Your library is always at your fingertips. If it is not displayed on your desktop, there are two simple ways to access it:
Option 1 Click Library along the side of your page. This displays your Library panel.
Option 2 Press the control key on your keyboard, and then press F4. This displays your Library panel.
To pin the Library panel, click the thumbtack in the upper right-hand corner. To collapse the Library Panel, click the thumbtack again.
Your library supports several multimedia file formats, including:
Images and photographs (e.g. PNG, JPEG) Movies (e.g. MOV, MPEG4, AVI) Documents (e.g. DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT) Raw HTML code Variables which are placeholders for simple textual data Snippets which are placeholders for complex formatted texts There are two steps to add an item to your library. Both are outlined below.
Step 1 You have two options to complete the first step:
