This is a maintenance and feature update for HelpXplain, which is free for all registered users. Every license of HelpXplain includes 12 months free updates, maintenance and support.

HelpXplain 1.2

The most important new feature in this version is the eWriter output format. HelpXplain now creates eWriter eBooks out of the box. An eWriter eBook is a compressed single file that can easily be copied, emailed and can be viewed with the eWriter Viewer, available as a free app in Microsoft Store.

A second important change has been made to the PDF export. It supports multiple slides per page and offers a quality setting for the slide pictures.

eWriter Export in HelpXplain

New PDF Options in HelpXplain

Other changes and bug fixes in version 1.2:

• Screen capture bug fix: full-screen capture on secondary monitors did not work
• Screen capture bug fix: in free region capture mode, the screen capture tool silently crashed if one single-clicked outside the selection area.
• Bugfix: ribbon menu for fill was enabled for text objects, though text objects are always transparent
• Spotlight objects with follow-cursor (like inserted with screencast): when a text object was placed left of the screenshot, the spotlight was in the wrong position
• eWriter export format implemented
• favicon.ico added to output folder (also for the eWriter output, which picks up the icon)
• DeepL: Portuguese language supported
• Problem with invalid fill images fixed
• Publish Dialog: skin selection drop-down list has a scrollbar
• Mouse-over action “Change to full opacity” was always reset
• Improved error handling for Image Tools
• When inserting (new) images, extra large images are physically reduced to a maxium of 3000 x 2000 px.
• SVG images are normally exported with an <object> tag (= animated SVGs supported, but not clickable). If the SVG image has a click action, it is exported with an <img> tag (= clickable, but not animated)
• Slide #number is no longer displayed in document title
• Lines with a dashed stroke were rendered es solid lines in HTML
• When the caption of a slide was being edited, pressing the DELETE key asked to delete the slide.
• Publish as PDF / GIF / Images: an optional page scale factor makes the exported slides larger or smaller
• Full-screen mode on secondary monitors: when HelpXplain was running full screen on a secondary monitor, it did not save the window position and reverted to the default monitor the next time it was opened.

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This update is included in your maintenance plan! Please download the update and install it over your existing version.