Help & Manual Forums

Announcements
The latest news, information and updates.
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Forum Issues
This section is for questions relating to using the forum. Announcements on updates and any issues with the forum software may also be posted here occasionally.
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Help Community & Resources
This section is for announcements, information and discussions relating to the help community -- for example news about events and seminars of interest, developments in help technology and so on.
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Help+Manual 9 Forum
Discussions about Help+Manual 9
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SnipSVG Capture & Graphics
Discussion and support for the SnipSVG screen capture and graphics editing tool
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Premium Pack and PP Toolbox
This forum is for discussions on the Help & Manual Premium Pack and the Premium Pack Toolbox configuration utility introduced with Premium Pack 3
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HelpXplain Infographics Tool
HelpXplain is the exciting new animated infographics and screencast tool that integrates with Help+Manual.
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Help+Manual 8 Forum
Please post all questions on Help+Manual 8 here
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Help & Manual 7 Forum
Please post all questions and comments regarding Help & Manual 7 here.
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Programmers' Corner
This section is for programmers. Please use it for all discussons on interfacing help with your applications and related subjects.
Moderators: Alexander Halser, Michael Schwarzl

H+M Wish List
Nothing is perfect! This is where you can post your ideas and wishes for functions you'd like to see in Help & Manual. Current version only please (H+M9).
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Bug Reports
Post bug reports for current EC Software apps here.
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Tutorials & Guides
Detailed instructions for working with Help & Manual. This is a locked forum that can only be written to by Admins. If you have a tutorial you'd like to include please mail it to the Admin for consideration, or post it in the Tips & Tricks forum for a user vote. Registration is required to access this forum.
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Tips & Tricks
Solutions to H&M problems, fixes, workarounds and hacks for producing better help files. Please don't post questions here -- this is the place for answers! Also for tutorials you want to submit for the Tutorials & Guides Forum. Registration is required to access this forum.
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Help Authoring
This forum is for the discussion of the business and craft of writing help. For example writing style, choices of HTML Help or WinHelp or browser-based and so on...
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Case Studies
This section provides a platform for publishing case studies describing projects that have been realized using Help & Manual. This is a restricted forum -- if you have a case study you would like to publish please submit it to the forum admin for consideration.
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Templates & Utilities
This is the place to share H&M templates and utilities with other users. Topic templates can be posted as text attachments (*.txt) or in the posting itself using the Format Code option in the editor. Print manual templates (*.mnl) are digital and can only be posted as attachments. Utilities and multiple files can be posted in ZIP archives. Please include plenty of comments so that users understand what you're doing! Registration is required to access this forum.
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Seeking Work / Offering Work
This is the place to place want ads if you're a help author looking for a client or a client looking for a help author -- naturally with a focus on authors using Help & Manual. If traffic increases we'll divide it into two sections.
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Off Topic
Please try to keep all the discussions in the main H&M forums on topic! If you have anything else you want to share, on any subject whatsoever, please post it here!
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