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Generate EPub, MobiPocket and Kindle eBooks in HelpNDoc 3.5

We are glad to announce the immediate availability of HelpNDoc 3.5 and we have many new features and fixes to show in this new version, starting with the new eBook generators, which can produce standard EPub and Kindle eBooks. Other documentation formats have been enhanced while HelpNDoc's user interface and documentation has been translated to French. Read on to learn more and download your updated version now.

Posted on May 14th, 2012 -

Small bug fix with PNG picture optimization for CHM and HTML documentation in HelpNDoc 3.4.2

You might have experienced a small but annoying issue with HelpNDoc 3.4.1 if you are using un-compressed pictures in your documentation: HelpNDoc could produce empty or black PNG pictures when trying to optimize them when generating CHM and HTML documentation. We have fixed this issue and encourage you to download the fixed HelpNDoc 3.4.2.197 version.

Posted on Mar 30th, 2012

Bug fixes and optimized memory and resources usage for HelpNDoc 3.4.1

We are glad to announce that a new version of HelpNDoc is available for download. This new version focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements: when generating large documents with hundreds or pages or many pictures, earlier versions could use too much memory or GDI resources which could lead to generation failure. This new version fixes this problem and scales much better. It also fixes the cursor position which was moved back to the beginning of a topic after pasting. Other fixes are detailed in the log bellow.

Posted on Mar 26th, 2012

Amazing new template features and customization are available in HelpNDoc 3.4

We are glad to announce the immediate availability of HelpNDoc 3.4 with amazing new features and enhancements such as new customization capabilities for templates as well as enhanced HTML and CHM documentation generation to cite a few. HelpNDoc 3.4 brings many requested additions and fixes such as the HTML table of contents which now correctly selects the currently viewed topic.

Posted on Mar 6th, 2012 -

How to embed a YouTube video in a CHM help file or HTML documentation

YouTube videos are extremely useful to easily share an animated content such as a step-by-step guide or an how-to movie. It is worth considering adding a YouTube video in an HTML based documentation, such as a CHM help file, to showcase a procedure and make it more easily and rapidly understandable by the end-user. As an added advantage, the video file won't be embedded in the final documentation but streamed directly from YouTube, thus lowering the final documentation's size. Let's see how fast and easy it is to add a YouTube video to a CHM help file or an HTML documentation using HelpNDoc.

Posted on Feb 22nd, 2012 -

Better UX through Better UA - The Conference for User Assistance

We thought you might be interested to know that WritersUA, which specializes in providing quality training and publications for the community of user assistance professionals, is planning it's next conference for software user assistance on March 11-14, 2012 in Memphis, Tennessee. The focus of the conference is on developing the best possible user experience for all types of software applications through well-designed interfaces and helpful and accessible support information and is featuring 35 of the top experts in the user assistance field.

Posted on Jan 20th, 2012 -

JQuery mobile HTML template and extended table of contents are available in HelpNDoc 3.3

A new version of HelpNDoc has just been released for download and features many additions and bug fixes. This new version 3.3 includes new features such as a JQuery mobile template or the reintroduction of the extended table of contents, as well as many bug fixes and enhancements.

Posted on Jan 12th, 2012 -

Generate touch-optimized documentation with the JQuery Mobile framework

We created a new HTML5 template based on the JQuery Mobile framework for the next version of HelpNDoc and we didn't see any reason not to release it before as it is compatible with any version of HelpNDoc 3. So if you don't want to wait, you can download the new HTML template and read on for more information and installation instruction.

Posted on Dec 8th, 2011 -

60% Discount today only (December 5, 2011) on HelpNDoc Professional Edition

Edit 2: The promotion is now over. Thank you to all who participated.

Edit: We are glad to announce that the 60% discount on HelpNDoc Professional Edition has been extended for 24 more hours!

Posted on Dec 5th, 2011 -

Add a table of contents to PDF and Word documents with HelpNDoc 3.2

A new version of HelpNDoc has just been released for download and features many additions and bug fixes. This new version 3.2 introduces two of the most requested features: the possibility to generate a table of contents with page numbers in Word and PDF documents and a way to clean the CHM output directory after generation.

Posted on Nov 8th, 2011 -