Access to offline help file

[vesper]

Novice warning (I have just switched from using the Viewer to using the Editor)

I have downloaded the Editor help pdf and would like to hook it up to the help function to avoid internet access. Is there a way to do that please?

Al

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

Hello Vesper,

Thanks for the queston, but unfortunately there's no way to tell the Editor to open a local file instead of your browser when you press the F1 key - but if you open the .pdf by e.g. double clicking on it you will be able to read it offline.

Regards,
Stefan

[david king]

For those who use AutoHotKey or AutoIt, access to the offline help file can be easily added to the PDF-XChange Editor by assigning a hotkey in a script.

The attached .zip file contains short script files for both AutoHotKey (Alt-F1_EUM.ahk) and AutoIt (Alt-F1_EUM.au3) which assign Alt-F1 (Alt and F1 key combination) as a hotkey to open a downloaded copy of the Editor User Manual (EUM). The hotkey assignment is application-specific and only affects the active PDF-XChange Editor window. Access to online help is still available through the Editor's native F1 help key; however, accessing and searching a local copy of the PDF EUM is much faster and does not require internet access in order to work.

The EUM file can be downloaded from the Tracker Software Downloads page or from the opening page of the Editor Online Help. The scripts assume the EUM file (PDF-Editor_EUM.pdf) is located in folder C:\Users\<UserName>\Downloads (C:<HOMEPATH>\Downloads). If the file has been renamed or has been saved in a different location, the script file must be modified with a text editor.

AutoHotKey and AutoIt are both free and are available at:

AutoHotKey Web Site: http://ahkscript.org/
AutoIt Web Site: https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/

After writing the two scripts, I noticed that this same question had been raised in this forum back in June 2014 and a slightly different AutoHotKey script which overrides the existing F1 key was posted in response. See: https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/ ... ual#p83920

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

Thanks David!