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Getting Started

Welcome

Welcome to the Help & Manual Forums! I started this site in the summer of 2002 as a way to communicate with other H&M users. Since then it has grown into a valuable online resource and knowledgebase for everyone who produces help and documentation with H&M.

Before you post questions here please first take the time to become familiar with the program! Read the help, use the other resources described below and use the Search function in the forum. Most beginners' questions have already been answered and you will find plenty of information. (Note: The sections Tutorials & Guides, Tips & Tricks and Templates & Utilities are only included in Search when you are logged on.)

How to Get Started

If you are just getting started with H&M please first read the extensive documentation included with it! This documentation is also available online. Even though it is easy to use, H&M is a powerful and complex program. It is also very different from the word processors you may be familiar with and you will need to learn some new concepts before you can use it efficiently.

Resources

Check out the \Samples subdirectory in the H&M program directory on your computer, where you will find several excellent tutorials and sample projects.

If this is your first experience with help authoring you will need at least a basic understanding of online help formats like WinHelp and HTML Help. Check out the links in the list on the left, they will help to speed up your learning curve.

When you feel ready to learn more have a look at the Tutorials & Guides, Tips & Tricks and Templates & Utilities sections in the forum. There you will find plenty of ideas on how to get more out of H&M and produce better help and documentation.

Have fun!

Tim Green (Forum Admin)

Announcements

WritersUA Conference User Surveys

Posted: Tim Green on Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:23 pm

User Assistance Tools Survey Open
The WritersUA Tools Survey is now open. This survey provides a look at the tools we use and the value we place on them. The results of this WritersUA survey will be ...
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WritersUA Conference: Free Kindle book

Posted: Tim Green on Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:15 pm

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WritersUA Conference for Software User Assistance sponsored by EC Software

Free Copy of "Kindle Formatting: The Complete Guide"

The n...
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WritersUA Conference in Seattle

Posted: Tim Green on Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:53 pm

In 2010 EC Software is going to be attending the WritersUA Software User Assistance conference in Seattle (March 21-24 2010) and we are also one of the event's sponsors. There is going to be a great p...
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Web translation service for HM projects

Posted: Tim Green on Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:19 pm

The ICanLocalize web-based translation service now directly supports Help & Manual projects. You can locate translators through the service in an open bidding process or work directly with your ow...
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Public Beta V5.3 with German UI option

Posted: Tim Green on Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:28 pm

A public beta version of Help & Manual 5.3 is now generally available, you can download it here:

(Outdated 5.3 has now been released: http://www.ec-software.com/downloads.html)
Main new featur...
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Admin on vacation

Posted: Tim Green on Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:41 am

I'm on vacation in the beautiful Eifel countryside for a week, trying to clear the digital cobwebs from my brain with some fresh air and hiking through the hills and woods. I'll be checking into the ...
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Help & Manual 5.2 Maintenance Release 902

Posted: Tim Green on Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:59 pm

A maintenance release (Build 902) is now available for Help & Manual 5.2 with a couple of small changes that did not make it into the recent release. We have also corrected a number of rarer issue...
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Help & Manual 5.2 released

Posted: Tim Green on Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:11 pm

We're proud to announce that Help & Manual 5.2 has just been released. This is our biggest "minor" update to date and it includes so many major features that we are sure that most manufa...
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Warning: Firefox vulnerability installed by Microsoft

Posted: Tim Green on Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:39 am

In a recent update of the .NET framework Microsoft silently installs an extension to Firefox if it is found. This extension enables websites you visit with Firefox to silently install software on your...
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H&M on Twitter

Posted: Tim Green on Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:00 pm

If you use Twitter you might want to follow Help & Manual there:

http://www.twitter.com/helpandmanual

This is still an experiment and I can't yet promise how often the updates will be but if...
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