@Acorn: I seem to remember that you developed a way to open the XDP manual from within XDP but I can't find the respective thread. Is this just wishful thinking or did you actually find a way to do this?
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@Acorn: I seem to remember that you developed a way to open the XDP manual from within XDP but I can't find the respective thread. Is this just wishful thinking or did you actually find a way to do this?
Boy, it was https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...l-work-for-you.
Obviously, it uses a different path for v17/v18.
For those with Xara Pro+, no need to worry. Xara has removed the program link under Help altogether.
@Xara: you have failed to provide an updated manual for about a year. There was also chatter about a new approach.
An on-line link might be a start. Few use or understand the F1-context links to the CHM file you have embedded all through the program.
Acorn
Yes, that was the thread. Thanks, Acorn. More convenient to startup a local version, although I will have to update the manual when new program updates so warrant. So, those who want to use this workaround might want to copy the original Product_eng.cfg file or copy the manual's online address for later updates.
Actually, I should have taken that advice myself.... :rolleyes:
By the way, using XDP 18, the Product_eng.cfg file is now located in the main folder (C:\Program Files\Xara\Xara Designer Pro X\18).
uh am I missing something here?
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The help file is also included in the installation directory within the folder HelpAndSupport/ENG which you can open outside of Xara also.
We're talking about the manual, Rob, not the help file.
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So, we're talking about the manual AND the help file. :-)
The manual is not included in the HelpAndSupport/ENG, at least not in the XDP 16 - 18. As Acorn points out in the linked thread, it's online and needs to be downloaded each time you click 'PDF Manual'.
I think I had my say in the thread acorn linked
but can you not just download the online PDF manual and access it locally through windows; nothing sacred about the internal help menu....?
Nothing sacred about it indeed. However, you need to first go to where the file or the link to it is located, so being able to access it from within an XDA is faster and more convenient.
"Nothing sacred" until you hit it for the umpteenth time to get a wasteful download link.
@Rob-Xar: the detail is all in https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...l-work-for-you.
An up-to-date PDF in a suitable location with a link to it in the configuration file; Magix doesn't see the issue either.
Acorn
@boy
no issue with that... of course there are lots of things that slow me down in xara such as the blue bounding boxes, which at least can be switched out in registry
two monitors with a desktop shortcut on the second would be quick but when I have a second monitor active I'm usually using it for somrthing other than desktop
can use virtual desktops though if you have windows 10 that supports them and toggle with winkey+ctrl+ leftarrow/rightarrow
can always open the PDF manual the same time as xara and use the taskbar; maybe even quicker still
@acorn - sure but I don't do that, I am well used to manuals being accessed from outside the program in question, and opening them [seperately] when I open the program, be they downloaded PDFs or online
Sorry handrawn, we are forced (1) to ignore and never press Help > PDF Manual --> https://dl03.magix.net/manual_designerprox18_en.pdf and (2) to bend over backwards and come up with a non-intuitive approach for each and every updated manual.Quote:
Originally Posted by handrawn
It took Xara until version 18 to get the license.rtf file in the top distribution folder to open at all.
Deploy the PDF and change the config link is not a big ask.
Acorn
no need to be sorry I am not disagreeing with you, just trying to be pragmatic dealing with what is
ironically the more the program updates the more the manual needs updating; some other programs that is not the case [by which I mean they only update once/twice maybe, a year]