Released: Jun 24, 2015

Updates in this release

Updates in V7

• Multiple TOCs - Create a new TOC and drag in and rearrange the topics and chapters you want to include. You can also add unique topics and chapters as well.
• MS Team Foundation Server Version Control - Help+Manual now also includes active support for Microsoft Team Foundation Server version control.
• Topic History Local Version Control - Help+Manual gives you access to all previous versions of your individual topics. And the ability to roll back the content of any topic to an earlier version at any time.
• Featured Images for Title Pages - You can now associate a featured image with any topic in your HTML or PDF project, in addition to a text description.
• Responsive Images and Videos - All images, images with hotspots, toggle images and videos can now auto-scale with the document window.
• Support for Vector-based SVG Images - You can open and insert SVGs in topics in the same way as any other images, using the Insert Image tool.
• Dedicated support for YouTube, Vimeo and Prezi - Embed videos in your topics using the embedded code direct from the original sites.
• Web-based Video in CHM Files - By default, online videos in CHMs will only display a placeholder image when the topic containing them is displayed. The video won't actually connect to the online media site and start streaming until the user explicitly starts it.
• Word DOCX Export - When exporting to Word, Help+Manual writes a DOCX file that embeds images and formatting.
• ePUB 3.0 Support - Help+Manual 7, this has been upgraded to the current ePUB 3.0 standard. The output is also backward-compatible with older ePUB readers.
• Amazon Kindle/Mobi Support - With Amazon Kindle, ePUB and PDF, Help+Manual now supports all current eBook formats.
• EWriter eBooks - In Help+Manual 7 Windows EXE eBooks have been replaced by a completely new format called EWriter eBooks.
• Genuine Zoom Function - Zoom works for all content, including tables, graphics and other objects in the editor, not just text.
• Templates and Skins tool in the Ribbon - The Manual Designer tool in the Project tab has been replaced by the much more flexible Templates & Skins tool.
• Copy and Paste Rows and Columns in Tables - You can now copy and paste the contents of multiple cells across rows and columns in tables.
• Word Count - You can now get a count of words, paragraphs and characters in your project.
• Smart Date and Time Variables - When you use date and time variables they are now automatically translated into the language of your help project.
• Insert Multiple Images and HTML Classes - You can now insert multiple images with the Insert Image dialog. You can also attach your own HTML classes to individual images.