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.

Mass update pictures’ properties, new font selector with search capabilities and UI refinements in HelpNDoc 7.9

Mass update pictures' properties, new font selector with search capabilities and UI refinements in HelpNDoc 7.9
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We are glad to announce the release of HelpNDoc 7.9, 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 and enhancements such as the ability to update every pictures with their default settings; A new font selector with recently used fonts, font preview and search support; An improved Word importer; A new API method to list library items used in a specific editor; and much more… Read on to learn more and download your free version of HelpNDoc now.

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Use snippets as topic templates, reuse topic content, automate topic writing and more in HelpNDoc 7.8

Use snippets as topic templates, reuse topic content, automate topic writing and more in HelpNDoc 7.8
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We are glad to announce the release of HelpNDoc 7.8, 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 and enhancements such as the ability to insert documents and snippets’ content into topics and to quickly convert topic content to snippets, new editor and user interface APIs to automate topic creation and modification, improved HTML and document importers and much more… Read on to learn more and download your free version of HelpNDoc now.

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Define default image settings, enhanced spell checker and new barcode symbologies in HelpNDoc 7.1

Define default image settings, enhanced spell checker and new barcode symbologies in HelpNDoc 7.1
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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.

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Brand new faster DocX Importer, PDF Generator, Script Engine and more in HelpNDoc 7.0

Brand new faster DocX Importer, PDF Generator, Script Engine and more in HelpNDoc 7.0
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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.

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How to manage HelpNDoc’s panels: move and dock them where you want

How to manage HelpNDoc's panels: move and dock them where you want
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HelpNDoc’s stunning user interface has been carefully designed to be as clean and easy to use as possible. It presents the minimum needed to be as fast and effective as possible in writing and producing help files, user manuals and eBooks; Yet it provides advanced features for power users such as the ability to move, resize and place panels wherever you like. Let’s see how this can be achieved in this article.

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Add Bar Codes or QR Codes and list anchors in your documentation projects with HelpNDoc 6.9

Add Bar Codes or QR Codes and list anchors in your documentation projects with HelpNDoc 6.9
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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, improved documentation importers, and much more. Read on to learn more and download your free version of HelpNDoc now.

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Topics status, custom properties, find and replace by library items or RegEx, Spanish translation and more in HelpNDoc 6.0

Topics status, custom properties, find and replace by library items or RegEx, Spanish translation and more in HelpNDoc 6.0
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The 6th major version of HelpNDoc is now available to everyone and we are excited to share what’s new with this incredible update of the popular help authoring tool. But first of all, download your copy right now as HelpNDoc 6 is still completely free and fully functional for personal use and evaluation purposes. This major update includes tons of enhancements and new features such as the ability to define custom properties and status for topics, an enhanced find and replace dialog where you can locate library items or using regular expressions, a new find panel for all lists where you can filter elements, better documentation generation and import, and much much more.

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Rapidly import multiple media elements in your help projects with HelpNDoc 5.8

Rapidly import multiple media elements in your help projects with HelpNDoc 5.8
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Did you find it slow and difficult to include media elements in your documentation projects ? Download the brand new HelpNDoc version 5.8 now to take advantage of the amazingly helpful new file import tool: drop multiple files from the Windows Explorer and the dialog will show up to help easily and rapidly choose how those files are imported. And this is only one of the new features available in this latest update, which includes multiple additions and bug fixes to help create the most amazing documentation project, such as: an updated template editor where assets can be edited from within HelpNDoc, better High DPI support for CHM help files, updated HTML documentation generation, and much more… Download your free version of the HelpNDoc help authoring tool now and read more to learn about this latest update.

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Enhanced and simplified library item management in HelpNDoc 5.7

Enhanced and simplified library item management in HelpNDoc 5.7
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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.

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Easily update the path of your external media elements when they are moved

Easily update the path of your external media elements when they are moved
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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…

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