Premium Pack 6.1.1 Maintenance Update
Posted by tim green on August 6, 2026
We have just released Premium Pack 6.1.1. This is a relatively small update, but it includes a fix for an annoying bug in the Toolbox configuration and power tools utility.
Getting the update:
If you already have Premium Pack 6 you can download and install the update with the credentials you received when you purchased. Otherwise you can purchase it here or get an upgrade here if you are updating from version 5 or earlier.
Changes:
SnipSVG 2.3 – Maintenance Update
Posted by Alexander Halser on August 3, 2026
We are glad to announce the immediate availablility of SnipSVG version 2.3 for Windows and macOS!
Changes in SnipSVG 2.3
- Flipping of line and arrow objects did not work correctly when the line was rotated.
- Full lasso selection on the canvas selected the picture frame, it now selects objects inside the picture frame (same as CTRL + A to select all).
Download
All downloads for Windows and macOS are available from the SnipSVG website.
eWriter Viewer 5.8 Maintenance Update
Posted by Alexander Halser on July 28, 2026
eWriter Viewer (for Windows and macOS) has been updated to version 5.8.
Windows: when loading a custom and invalid/damaged .ico file from an e-book, the viewer stopped at this and did not display the HTML content. This kind of error is now trapped and the icon is replaced by the built-in default icon.
macOS: scaling issue in start screen fixed.
All downloads (the individual viewer setups for Win/macOS and the redistributable package for developers) have been updated.
Premium Pack 6.1 released: Net Hardening
Posted by tim green on June 22, 2026
We’re pleased to announce the release of the Premium Pack 6.1 maintenance update. We performed an in-depth security audit in response to the reports on the as-yet unreleased Anthropic Mythos model regarding its abilities to find and exploit security vulnerabilities. Not much was found in this audit — essentially just a couple of quite arcane potential weaknesses, but those holes have now also been patched.
Getting the update:
If you already have Premium Pack 6 or 6.0.1 you can download and install the update with the credentials you received when you purchased. Otherwise you can purchase it here or get an upgrade here if you are updating from version 5 or earlier.
Full list of changes:
Help+Manual 10.2 and Translation Assistant 10.2
Posted by Alexander Halser on April 23, 2026
We are glad to announce the immediate availability of Help+Manual and Translation Assistant v10.2. This update includes an important bug fix for secondary TOCs, LibreOffice compatibility and an update of the DeepL plugin.
Help+Manual 10.2 Changes
- Secondary TOCs: when a project was refreshed (in multi-user mode or after synchronize from VCS), new secondary table of contents created by other users did not show up. It was required to close the project and re-open it again to make the new TOCs visible.
- Secondary TOCs: the source XML file names for secondary TOCs are no longer enumerated, but created with a unique file name ID.
- Topic Editor / Program Options: the setting for editor ruler units has a 5th option: NONE/HIDE to hide the ruler completely.
- Paste image from clipboard: the suggested screenshot name no longer includes a number or the username, it follows a naming convention of date+time, similar to the naming of screenshots on macOS.
- Webhelp Export: Sitemap now has a more detailed <lastmod> entry that includes a UTC time stamp.
- DOCX / Word Export: full compatibility with LibreOffice.
- Robohelp Import: error when importing old-style keyword index fixed.
- Close project: when pressing the ESC key in the “Do you want to save” dialog, the dialog took this as a “no” instead of “cancel”.
- Insert Variable: OK button was initially enabled despite no variable was selected.
- ChatGPT Plugin: attaching .TXT files did not work.
- DeepL Plugin: several new languages implemented, including Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Maltece, Irish, Swiss German and a dozen more.
- SnipSVG 2.2 included (features OCR in Windows 10/11).
Translation Assistant 10.2 Changes
- ChatGPT Plugin: attaching .TXT files did not work.
- DeepL Plugin: several new languages implemented, including Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Maltece, Irish, Swiss German and a dozen more.
All updates are available from our download page.
SnipSVG 2.2 – Extract Text from Images
Posted by Alexander Halser on April 15, 2026
We are glad to announce the immediate availablility of SnipSVG version 2.2!
What’s new in SnipSVG 2.2?
SnipSVG can extract text from images. This function is new in the Windows version and requires Windows 10 or Windows 11, it makes use of the OCR engine that comes with Windows.
Other Changes in SnipSVG 2.2
- When an image has been edited (e.g. cropped) and the image is the only item on the canvas, the canvas is auto-sized to fit the new image
- Copy as image to clipboard: when nothing was selected, the copy-as-image function created a picture that was too large.
- The image effects editor (crop & bitmap effects) now has 8 drag handles instead of just four, making it easier to place and resize effects.
Download
All downloads for Windows and macOS are available from the SnipSVG website.
Premium Pack 6 Released
Posted by tim green on March 11, 2026
Premium Pack 6 has now been released and is available for purchase and upgrade. If you purchased or upgraded to version 5 within the last 6 months the upgrade is free and you will receive a free upgrade code shortly, if you have not already received it. Otherwise you can purchase it here or get an upgrade here.
Note on upgrades:
If you have purchased or upgraded to version 5 within the last 6 months your upgrade will be free and you will be getting an email with details in the next few days.
Premium Pack 6 includes:
- Full keyboard operation for unsighted users
- DeltaFTP utility for smart WebHelp updating
- Elimination of separate eWriter Help skins
- Keyword index: filter instead of search
- Comparison slider for images
- Sortable tables in all skins
- Google Fonts in all skins
- Updated V2 skins for eWriter Help
- New Simplicity skin
- Style overhaul with SVG icons
Help+Manual 10.1.0 Released
Posted by Alexander Halser on February 9, 2026
We are happy to announce the immediate availability of Help+Manual 10.1.0! This update is particularly interesting if you want to use the ChatGPT plugin with custom LLMs.
ChatGPT Plugin
We fixed a proxy bug with the ChatGPT plugin: the plugin did not use the proxy defined for Help+Manual in general. With this update, ChatGPT uses the global proxy by default and lets you set custom proxy settings in the plugin directly. 
Help+Manual 10.1.0 Miscellaneous Changes
- Paste picture from clipboard: the save dialog that lets you specify the file name for the picture now uses the extended version, so you can directly add an image style, caption, zoom, etc.
- Insert Variable: the dialog now features a recently used list with the last 7 variables inserted, making variables easier to insert
- eViewer 5.6 included
- SnipSVG 2.1 included
- PDF snippets in PDF export: when a “raw PDF snippet” was the very first item in a topic, the snippet was not printed.
- Word/DOCX export: Cyrillic characters in style names were not exported correctly on a Russian Windows.
- Webhelp Export on Chinese Windows versions: UTF8-BOM for topic pages was wrong encoded.
All updates are available from our download page.
eWriter Viewer v5.6 and Viewer Distributables
Posted by Alexander Halser on February 6, 2026
eWriter Viewer (for Windows) has been updated to version 5.6.
v5.5: This update fixes a bug that occurred when the eViewer Windows app was running in Internet Explorer mode and the computer did not have an internet connection. This has caused an error message when opening an eWriter ebook.
v5.6: This update eliminates the need to distribute the additional “WebView2Loader.dll” with the viewer executable. The viewer now includes the DLL as a resource file and uses it implicitly. This means that on most Win10 and Win11 machines, eViewer runs in Microsoft Edge (Chromium) mode.
Download:
https://www.helpandmanual.com/ewriter/index.html
SnipSVG 2.1 Released – Syntax Highlighter for Code Snippets
Posted by Alexander Halser on January 11, 2026
We are happy to announce the first software update for 2026: SnipSVG version 2.1!
What’s new in SnipSVG 2.1?
The biggest change in this update is a syntax highlighter for source code examples. Our documentation tool Help+Manual has long offered syntax highlighting features. Now SnipSVG has the same functionality, for images.
Worried about using images for code snippets? Don’t be. SnipSVG exports SVG files that can be embedded directly into any HTML page. Because SVG text remains real text, users can still select and copy your code examples with ease. And the image remains editable after publishing.
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