Basic Working Procedures > Importing Data > New project with imported data

If you have existing documentation in other formats you can import it to Help & Manual and create a new project in one easy process. An interactive wizard guides you through each step of the process of importing the data.

1.Select the File menu and click on New Project.

2.Select the format you want to import from in the Import existing documentation to a new project section in the lower part of the page

3.Select the source files, then enter the name, save location, format and other settings for the new project in the same way as for an empty new project.

4.If there are additional options click on Continue with Options and set the options. Then click on Import to finish.

See Settings for importing data for details on the optimum settings for each data format.

See Settings for importing data for full details. The following settings are the same for all formats:

•Output file:
Name and location of the new project.

•Project file format:
Save in a single-file compressed format (.hmxz) or uncompressed XML (with .hmxp project file, Professional and Server versions only)

•Project title:
The title of your project. This can be changed later.

•Project language and character set:
You can also change these settings later. See International languages setup for details.