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.

We are glad to announce the immediate availability of Help+Manual 10.0.2 and Translation Assistant 10.0.2!

Help+Manual 10.0.2 Changes

• Publishing Tasks: in dark mode, publishing multiple task entries created an error.
• Insert Snippet dialog: mouse wheel support did not scroll the listbox of snippet topics.
• The syntax editor always converted tabs to spaces. Syntax editors are used for XML topic source code and for HTML code in various dialogs.
• German UI: visual glitches in Insert Link dialog and bullet list selection fixed.
• Additional symbols implemented in Customize List Style dialog.
• Config > Common > Text Variables: spacing of variables grid was larger than normal.

Translation Assistant 10.0.2 Changes

• Side selection in session window did not work on a single mouse click: a single click on any tree column must activate this side.
• Copying (new) topic sub-folders from one project to another had a small bug: the resulting topics were copied but not correctly listed under this folder in Help+Manual. Instead, the topic files were listed separately.
• Dialogs updated to match Help+Manual 10.0.2 (Customize List Style, Insert Snippet, etc.)

All updates are available from our download page.

This is the first maintenance update for Help+Manual 10. In the last three weeks since the initial release of version 10 on September 4, we have implemented several bug fixes and generally improved the Markdown parser (this also affects the new ChatGPT plugin).

Update 10.0.1 Build 7421

New Features:

• The Insert Link dialog shows a topic preview for external links
• Docked windows (keyword index tool, search results) now remember size and position
• Markdown handling improved:
  • Copy & paste of Markdown code: additional heading styles are auto-created
  • Load topic from Markdown file: auto-created heading styles and improved formatting
  • Create project from a list of Markdown files: improved formatting
• ChatGPT:
  • ChatGPT prompt entry box supports Markdown as input
  • Improved text formatting when copying content from the chat window to the current topic
  • Online help updated: how to translate and edit topics with ChatGPT

Bug Fixes:

• Bug fixes in Word (DOCX) Export
• Publish dialog: if a project contained a lot of custom builds, some builds could not be selected
• Reconnect repositories: when repository styles needed to be resolved, the German version (only) failed to display the resolve-styles window.
• Move TOC items to the right: in some cases, selected entries were moved to the wrong position
• HTML Help (.CHM) export: the option to highlight image hotspots was ignored, the CHM export used the corresponding setting of the Webhelp export.
• Edit Table dialog: table style name was not selected
• Publishing Tasks: creating a new publishing task caused an error on save
• HTML Topic Templates: adding a new topic template created an error
• Webhelp standard skins contained an invalid link to the help context numbers file
• Several optical glitches fixed regarding dark mode, high-res monitors, German translation and in very rare cases flickering of the Publish dialog and Import dialog.

You can download the update directly from our Download Page.

V9 License Key = V10 License Key!

This is important to know: your current license key for Help+Manual 9 keeps working for version 10 as well!

After installation, please activate Help+Manual 10 with your current v9 license key. To do this, the license must have active maintenance (maintenance expires on or after September 27, 2025).

Help+Manual, the renowned documentation software, has released its latest Version 10, introducing integrated support for ChatGPT, OpenAI Azure, DeepSeek, YandexGPT, and other compatible AI platforms.

While the interface may initially appear as a simple chat window, it offers much more: the AI integration can directly interact with the built-in XML editor. Users can now send formatted XML-text sections to ChatGPT for editing or translation and seamlessly reintegrate the revised sections back into their documentation. All formatting and metadata are preserved throughout the editing process. Generic responses from ChatGPT are converted from Markdown into the software’s proprietary XML format, ensuring smooth and consistent integration.

The AI interface is fully configurable and supports not only ChatGPT but also additional solutions such as OpenAI Azure, DeepSeek, and YandexGPT.

Version 10 also brings enhanced SVG support and introduces SnipSVG as its image editor. SnipSVG, our free and separately available image editing tool, offers powerful features for creating annotated screenshots. Images are saved in SVG format, allowing labels and annotations to remain fully editable.

With these new capabilities, Help+Manual Version 10 delivers advanced AI-driven editing features and robust SVG workflow enhancements for technical documentation teams and content creators.

New in Version 10:

• New AI Assistants: ChatGPT and DeepL Write
• SnipSVG Included
• High-dpi User Interface supporting Dark Mode
• Topic Editor Improvements
• New Publishing Features
• Translation Assistant v10
• And a lot more…

For detailed information, please refer to the page What’s New in Version 10.

You can download the update directly from our Download Page.

V9 License Key = V10 License Key!

Important to know: your current license key for Help+Manual 9 keeps working for version 10 as well!

After installation, please activate Help+Manual 10 with your current v9 license key. To do this, the license must have active maintenance (maintenance expires on or after September 27, 2025).