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HelpNDoc Version 4.0.3.164
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This file contains useful information about HelpNDoc, an easy to use yet powerful and intuitive environment to create help files and documentations.

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CONTENTS
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1. Welcome!
2. System Requirements
3. Installing HelpNDoc
4. First steps with HelpNDoc
5. Purchasing HelpNDoc
6. Version Information
7. Obtaining technical support

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1. Welcome!
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IBE Software would like to welcome you to HelpNDoc. We, at IBE Software, believe that you will never see the creation of help files and documentations the same way as before using HelpNDoc.

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2. System Requirements
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Recommended Configuration:
  - Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
  - 512MB of RAM 
  - 80MB of free disk space
  - 1024x768 screen resolution or higher
  - Help Compiler: Microsoft HTML Help Workshop. Download: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=14188
  - MobiPocket/Kindle Compiler : Amazon KindleGen. Download: http://www.amazon.com/kindleformat/KindleGen

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3. Installing HelpNDoc
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Just run the helpndoc-setup.exe file and follow the instructions. You can install HelpNDoc over a previously installed version. Don't forget to backup any existing project prior to updating.

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4. First steps with HelpNDoc
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You can use the help file to help you get started with the environment.

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5. Purchasing HelpNDoc
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You can find more information about ordering HelpNDoc by following this link:
http://www.helpndoc.com/store

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6. Version Information
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V4.0.3.164 - October 9, 2013

+ The welcome tutorial is now available in German
* Some German translated strings have been corrected
* Generating a project from command line with included external HTML documents was not always including them
* Hyperlinks are now trimmed from the Insert/Edit hyperlink window
* JQuery HTML template had encoding and tag problems
* The help window was shown behind the script editor window

V4.0.2.157 Beta 3 - October 02, 2013

+ HelpNDoc's user interface is now translated in German
+ System variables with date and time are now customizable in project options and will be localized according to project language settings
* Some formatting could produce invalid DOCX documents
* Import folder dialog will now automatically refresh the "files to import" list when browse button is used
* Dragging and dropping a picture when in a table would make it disappear
* Faster project opening: initial topic was loaded twice
* Last topic edited was loaded empty if the project is immediately re-opened
* Link to URL or file topic will now correctly show the URL or file
* ePub and Kindle documentation were adding and extra colon character instead of spaces
* New project dialog uses the dictionary defined by the language property for live spell

V4.0.1.144 Beta 2 - September 23, 2013

+ Merging library items will now display a waiting dialog
* Save a project as the same opened file shows an odd error message
* Images were not scaled correctly anymore when too big for Word and PDF documentation formats
* Hyperlink action provided a different window when used from the popup menu
* Updated OpenOffice.org dictionary download URL
* The font sizes combo box were not reliable anymore for the topic editor, snippet editor, and some template editor properties
* Some characters in hyperlinks could create corrupted DOCX files
* Tables could not be seen in editor anymore when borders were hidden
* Added an error message when trying to add a condition within a table

V4.0.0.136 Beta 1 - September 16, 2013

+ Redesigned style system: styles can inherit from parents, can be saved, and custom styles can be used for new projects
+ The Word generator will now generate standard DOCX documents by default. RTF option is still available in build settings
+ New Word and PDF template editor: customize page layout, cover page, headers, footers, titles, table of contents...
+ New Snippet library item: Add formatted content to the library and re-use it throughout the project
+ Style inspector popup window to get information about the current text and paragraph styles
+ Script editor to edit and run scripts and automate tasks within HelpNDoc
+ Hyperlinks will now use styles for easier project-wide modification
+ Items with anchors will now display a hint with the anchor name when the mouse is over
+ HTML search engine is smarter: it can search parts of words, results are ranked and words can be excluded by prefixing them with a "-" character
+ New system variables for Word and PDF documentations: display the current page number and the total number of pages
+ External topics can now use relative paths for external files
+ Importing a file or a folder won't automatically create a new project anymore: they will be imported in the current project if already open
* Copy/Paste of topics between instances of HelpNDoc now correctly include pictures
* PDF documents could contain un-readable characters in the table of contents when encrypted
* CTRL+F1 keyboard shortcut was showing the help file instead of just collapsing the ribbon bar
* Word generator now uses less memory to generate big documentation files
* iPhone template didn't include custom styles for topic content
* Google Chrome users can now use the HTML search engine locally
* Library items shown in popups were not always sorted
* Word and PDF templates can hide page numbers in the table of contents
* HTML search engine didn't clear its data between two generation which could lead to outdated search data
* HTML search engine will now correctly display link topic kinds
* Help ID generation is smarter: accented characters are replaced by ASCII equivalent for better SEO
* Cursor position in topic editor was not always reset when moving from one topic to another
* Initial Help ID for new topics was incorrectly generated using another topic's caption
* The table of contents title for Word and PDF documentation formats wasn't correctly generated when it contained Chinese characters
* CHM importer can now correctly handle links with anchors
* External topics were not exported to Word and PDF documentation formats
* XSS safety algorithm in the HTML template could break links to topics with caption containing "script" or "javascript"
* Word and PDF documentation formats didn't correctly generate relative hyperlinks
- Can't import HelpNDoc v2.x projects anymore: use version 3.9 to convert older projects first

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7. Obtaining technical support
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Website: http://www.helpndoc.com
E-Mail: support@ibe-software.com

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8. Join us on social networks
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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/helpndoc
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/helpndoc
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/ibe-software/helpndoc-371696/product
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/HelpNDoc
Google+: http://plus.google.com/110136748775560846142

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