Help & Manual skin files (*.hmskin)

\Templates\HTML skins

These are special template files that store the formatting, layout and design of an entire project for HTML-based output formats. When you compile a project you can then select a skin file in the Publish dialog to apply the design of a different project to your output.

Some sample skins are provided in \Templates\skins but if you have the Professional version of Help & Manual you can save any project as a skin with Save As in the Application Menu. You can then edit the skin file by opening it with Help & Manual, just like a normal project.

Print manual templates (*.mnl):

\Templates\pdf

These standard template files can be used as a basis for creating and editing your own print manual templates for PDF files and printed manuals.

Please copy these templates to your project folder before editing them! (In Windows Vista you will probably not be able to save your own versions of the templates otherwise.)

eBook viewer templates (*.skin) and interface language files (*.lng):

\Templates\ebooks

The digital .skin templates allow you to change the appearance of the viewer used for eBooks generated by Help & Manual. They can be selected for your project in the Project Explorer in Configuration > Publishing Options> eBooks > Visual Appearance.

The .lng language files contain the text for the eBook user interface. They can be edited manually in a normal text editor.

Full-text search language files for Webhelp in multiple languages (*.zlang):

\Templates\Webhelp

These files allow you to set the interface texts for the full-text search function in Webhelp to a number of different languages. The language files can be selected for your project in Configuration > Publishing Options> Webhelp > Full-text Search.

XML schema and stylesheet files (*.xsd and *.xsl):

\Templates\xml

These are the source files for the XML Schema definition and XSL stylesheets used for and exported with Help & Manual's XML output.

Do not make any changes to these files!