•Right-click on the graphic in the Help+Manual editor and select Picture > Edit with SnipSVG.

SnipSVG comes with its own comprehensive help and documentation. Please refer to this for full details on using the program.

By default, the old IPP images created with the prevous Impict graphics editor are non-transparent and their background is the solid color that you define for the image canvas in Impict. However, if you wish you can also change a setting in Help+Manual that converts the IPP image background to transparent. Then the canvas background color will be transparent and the image will be exported as a PNG image with an alpha transparent background.

Setting for transparent IPPs

Go to View > Program Options > Editor and activate the option Treat Impict images (*.ipp) as transparent and ignore the background.

The great advantage of SnipSVG is that all effects and objects you add to your images are non-destructive. Provided you save the images as SNIPX or SVG, you can always go back and edit your screenshots later if you need to make changes – you don't need to rebuild the entire screenshot. And you can insert both these editable formats directly in your Help+Manual projects.

Note that these features are only available when you save as SNIPX or SVG – you can't save editable objects and texts in standard bitmap formats like BMP, GIF or JPG.