Link Styles

When inserting links at the topic text you could see the Style property at the dialog boxes. In a WinHelp project this property contain a fixed number of values: Green and Underline, Underline Only, and Other. In a HTML Help project you can create link styles yourself.

Styles in WinHelp

Green and Underline - Default style for all links in WinHelp. A link with this style is green and underlined. Color and formatting attributes set for the link text are ignored.
Underline Only - A link with this style is underlined and has color set by the user in the text editor.
Other - A link with this style is not underlined. Setting a custom color is also possible.

Styles in HTML Help

By default, all HTML Help links are underlined and their color depends on the topic Link Color property. But use of styles provides much more possibilities. To create and edit link styles of your help project, choose the Styles command from the Tools menu. The appeared editor lets you define fonts used for all the links whose Style property has the 'None' value and also create custom styles which will only be used for selected links. How to use this editor is described below:

Creating a Link Style
Enter a name for the new style in the appropriate field and click the Add or Insert button.

Removing a Link Style
Select the style you want to remove in the Styles list and click the Remove button.

Renaming a Link Style
Select the style you want to rename in the Styles list, enter a new name in the appropriate field and click the Rename button.

Editing a Link Style
Select the style whose fonts you want to edit in the Styles list and use the appropriate buttons to edit the fonts for Regular, Active and Visited links.