HelpNDoc’s build system is a robust and versatile component that empowers technical writers to generate documentation projects in a wide array of output formats. With support for formats such as CHM, HTML, Word, PDF, ePub, Kindle, Qt Help, and Markdown, HelpNDoc provides comprehensive options to suit diverse distribution channels and target platforms. Notably, the build system allows users to create multiple builds within each output format, enabling an unlimited number of customized variations.
Step 1 Click the top half of Generate help in the Home ribbon tab. Step 2 This displays your build list along the left-hand side of the ‘Generate Documentation’ window. Some standard build kinds allow you the option of translating some of the hard-coded titles: HTML Word PDF ePub Kindle Click the build that you’d like to customize in the build list. If the template settings tab is not displayed, click Customize.
There are two ways to generate your documentation. You can use ‘Quick generate’ to publish one output at a time. Or, you can use your build list to publish documentation in one or many formats simultaneously. Option 1: Quick generate Click the lower half of Generate help in the Home ribbon tab to display a menu of the default publishing options offered by HelpNDoc. Click the one that you’d like to use to generate your documentation in that format.
There are three easy steps for renaming outputs. Step 1 Click the top half of Generate help in the Home ribbon tab. This displays the Generate Documentation window. The names of your outputs are listed along the left-hand side in your build list. These names are displayed when you generate your documentation. Step 2 Next, you’ll select the output that you’d like to rename. There are three ways to do this: Option 1 Click the name of the output that you’d like to update.
There are two steps for reordering your outputs. Step 1 Click the top half of Generate help in the Home ribbon tab. This displays the Generate Documentation window. Your outputs are listed along the left-hand side in your build list. Step 2 The order in which your outputs are listed in the build list is the order in which they will be created when you generate your documentation using your build list.
Step 1: Create a new Word or PDF Template Click the Templates Editor button in the Templates section of the Tools ribbon tab. This displays the ‘Edit Report Template’ window. Then Create a new Word or PDF template so that you can customize its settings. Note: The following steps use a sample Word Template to demonstrate but the process is the same when defining PDF Templates. Step 2: Define settings for Topics Titles in your Template Click the Topic titles group in the ‘Edit template…’ section.
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