How to define a header for a topic in HelpNDoc (Step-by-step guide)

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HelpNDoc assigns a header when you create a new topic. It is easy to update this header. You can also hide the header if you don't want it displayed when you publish your documentation.

By default, HelpNDoc assigns the topic name as the topic header. There are three ways to update the topic header:

Option 1

Select the topic for which you'd like to update the header.
Click Topic properties in the Home ribbon tab to display that menu. Select Topic header.
By default, the topic header is the topic name. To update it, enter the header that you'd like to use in the box labeled, "Custom text". Then, click Display custom text.
Click Hide the header to prevent the header from being displayed in your documentation.

Option 2

Right-click the topic for which you'd like to update the header. This displays a menu.
Select Topic header to access the menu as outlined above.

Option 3

When a topic is selected, the status of the header is displayed in the yellow bar along the top of your page:

- Header displays the topic's title indicates that the header is the same as the name of the topic
- Header displays a custom title indicates that you've defined a header for the topic
- Header is hidden indicates that the header will not be displayed when you publish the documentation
To update the header, you can click its current status. This displays the menu as outlined above.

To return to the default and use the topic name as the topic header, follow any of the steps outlined above and select Display topic title.

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Hello Folks. HelpNDoc assigns a header when you create a new topic. HelpNDoc also makes it easy for you to update this header to a custom
header. You can also hide the header if you don't want it displayed when you publish your documentation.
By default, HelpNDoc assigns the topic name as the topic header. Here are three ways to update the topic header:
First, select the topic for which you'd like to update the header. Then click ‘Topic properties’ in the Home ribbon tab here in the ‘Table of
Contents’ group to display the dropdown menu. Now, hover your mouse over ‘Topic header’.
In the popup menu that appears, you’ll notice
that by default, a check mark is displayed next to ‘Display topic title’ which defers to the topic header as being the topic name. To change to a
custom topic header, click on the ‘Display custom text’ option, and then enter the header that you'd like to use in the box labeled,
"Custom text". Hit the ‘Enter’ key when you are done.
You can also select the ‘Hide the header’ option to prevent the header from being displayed at all in your documentation.
Method 2 of modifying your topic heading, is to right-click the topic for which you'd like to update the header. This then displays a popup
menu. Now hover over ‘Topic header’ with your mouse to access the same menu as previously shown and make your modifications as desired.
And finally, when a topic is selected, the status of the header is displayed in the yellow bar along the top of your content section.
‘Header displays the topic's title’ indicates that the header is the same as the name of the topic.
‘Header displays a custom title’ indicates that you've defined a custom header for the topic.
‘Header is hidden’ indicates that the header will not be displayed when you publish the documentation.
To update the header, you can click its current status which then displays the menu as shown before for you to make your desired changes.
To return to the default and use the topic name as the topic header, follow any of the steps we demonstrated previously in this video to access
the topic header menu options and then select ‘Display topic title’.
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