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Thanks Tim. Yes, I am eagerly waiting the HelpXplain, as we want to do a lot more in the area of 'How-To's'. But the question was more from the point of view of regular graphics - as long as I know that there is no planned change in the .ipp format, so that we can continue to take .png screenshots, ...

Thanks, Tim If I read that on a conspiracy theory site, I would have said 'yeah, right!' So we are reaching the physical limits of microcircuitry? Moore's Law is in danger? N-a-a-a . . - they'll think of something. They always do. We're still waiting for optical computing. Meantime, thanks as always...

Hi "Actually, Impict is now getting on in years and it's going to be replaced with something else that is going to do a lot more in addition to just editing screenshots. Wait and see." - That's too tantalizing. We are about to start a MAJOR update cycle, with new look and feel - the applic...

HI We are doing a PoC on changing from .chm files to the eBook/.exe model. One early question - When opening the .chm file, one had the option of selecting the Table of Contents entry and doing an 'Expand this item', so as to see the full ToC at all levels. (I always wanted the Help window to open w...

Hi Every now and then, when going to a different H&M screen (such as invoking a different Toolbar option like 'Publish') - the whole window turns blank (grey). It recovers (with a bit of a delay) if I click on the pinned H&M button on my task tray. I'm not sure, but this may have started aro...

Hi Tim Thanks - I hear you, and will look at rehousing the projects and keeping them as .hmxp's. Observation/Question: A couple of our writers got into long, long 'nests' of folders, because they would save new project versions using 'Save As', and as the projects were 'hmxp's, they would be asked i...

Hi Thanks. Tim Well, you shot down my theory, so I will have to keep hunting till I figure why this is giving me trouble. Regarding whether the project is large enough to justify being an hmxp - I really dont know how to judge. When I joined, I inherited several really large Help hmxp files to maint...

Hi Tim Thanks for the response. The problem went away and has returned! Just to confirm a suspicion - is it mandatory that the master project is a .hmxp? On the current incarnation of the problem, it is solved if we use a .hmxp, and recurs if we try the same thing as a .hmxz (even with deleting and ...

Hi I am using product images that I import from our website (simple 'Save image' to .png) If I simply use the context menu 'Insert image', the pictures come in to the project fine, with white backgrounds. However, if I then open the picture with 'Edit in Impict', then the backgrounds come in black, ...

Hi We wrote a topic that wuld be included i several projects. Worked fine, we published the projects and the included topic came across perfectly using the tailored ToC just as planned. Now, one of the projects shows the included topic in the main ToC, but with a red dot and without its 'expansion' ...

HI Loaded the latest build, problem is still occurring. I had my 'Normal' style set to a Univers font in the project's repository. It was urgent that I got something ou t today, so I changed the Repository back to Ariel, and the problem went away. But Univers is the corporate font, so I'd like to ge...

Thanks for the responses, ideas, etc. I don't know how better to describe what I am thinking of than "using a loadable files containing variable lists (i.e. in the formats that you already use for importing and exporting variables), ordered like a Search Path, so that at compile time , you woul...

I am using 7.4.4603.
(I changed the Italics to Bold and moved on. Violating my own style guide, but deadlines are more important!)

Taking your two questions: By 'Files', I mean such as exporting the Variable Text file from a project as a .txt file, and/or Importing a variable text file. The reason for 'Merge' is (as I see my file structure) - a Project has its 'local' variable, but both the pdf template and the Repository files...

HI Raising an old wish -that is still relevant. Would it be possible to handle variable files in a similar way to the Publishing/Build Settings - What I envisage is that the Publish/Settings screen would have a structure similar to the Search Path screen, available at publish time, where you could i...