This update is recommended for all users of Help & Manual version 4.x and introduces a couple of new features as well as a fix for a cross-browser scripting vulnerability issue in Browser-based Help.

Changes in version 4.5

Impict adds XML export & import for image translation
Impict 2.40, which is included in the latest update of Help & Manual, now supports XML export of text objects and callouts in images. When saving an image in Impict in the native IPP format, Impict optionally exports an additional XML file that contains the text objects only. The XML file can be translated externally and then imported again to update the text in objects. The files use the standard Help & Manual XML schema, so they can be edited with a translation program like Trados or Across as well as regular XML editors or normal text editors.

Cross-browser scripting vulnerability in Browser-based Help
The current version of Browser-based Help has a Javascript vulnerability that allows an attacker to inject and execute external Javascript code. If you create browser-based help, we strongly recommend that you install this update.
The vulnerability is in the frame script and is automatically replaced with a safe version of the script, if you use standard templates.
If you have manually edited the frame template for browser-based help, please reset the template to update the script changes.

Creating topics with Drag & Drop
This is a new convenience function: in previous versions, it was possible to drag selected text from the topic editor to the table of contents (TOC), to create a link. This function has been extended - if  you drop the text between two TOC entries, Help & Manual now creates a new topic and inserts a link to the new topic at the current position in one operation.

Inserting special characters
The insert command for symbols and special characters on the Tools menu now has its own menu with some additional options to make insertion of frequently-used characters easier: You can now insert hyphens, soft line breaks and soft hyphens directly. Soft line breaks are breaks that do not begin a new paragraph, hence space before and after a paragraph is not applied. Soft hyphens are invisible hyphens designed to mark a possible word break.

Miscellaneous fixes and enhancements

• HTML: Several small enhancements for HTML export for both HTML Help and Browser-based Help.
• XML Import: Two small bug fixes for raised table borders and bulleted lists. Importing button links without captions has also been improved.
• Insert Hyperlink dialog box: This dialog box now has a better text recognition to preselect the target topic more accurately.
• PDF Export: Improved printing for topics with multiple references in the table of contents – the multiple references are now printed as separate chapter entries in the TOC.