This is a dummy topic - it  never appears in your help project.

It is used to group standard help topics under a pseudo-chapter.


No Help topic is associated with this item.


OK Button

Applies changes you have made and then

closes this dialog box.


Cancel Button

Closes this dialog box without saving the changes

you have made.


Close

Closes the current window.


Help

Displays a help topic that gives you an

overview of this dialog.


Apply Button

Saves all changes you have made

without closing the dialog box.


What's This? Button

Click to start up a temporary, context-sensitive help mode. In this mode you can left-click any object to display a context-sensitive help window for that object. The help window provides a brief explanation about the object and how to use it.

Note

Press ESC to cancel context sensitive help.


What's This? (Help Menu)

Starts up a temporary, context-sensitive help mode.

In this help mode you can left-click any object to display a context-sensitive help window for that object. The help window provides a brief explanation about the object and how to use it.

Note

Press ESC to cancel the context sensitive help mode.


What's This?  Command

To get help on a selected object click What's This?


This is the main window of Help & Manual. Right-click any of the buttons and controls in this window to obtain help on it.


New

Opens a dialog to create a new Help & Manual project.


Open

Opens an existing Help & Manual project.


Save

Saves the current project. This command is available when changes to your project have been made. To save your project with a different file name, select Save as from the File menu.


Make

Opens the make dialog box to create a help file.

Note

To print a user manual directly, use the Print button.


Print

Opens the print dialog box to print a user manual.


Preview

Opens the print preview to view the user manual on screen before you print it.


Cut

Cuts the selected text and copies it to the clipboard.


Copy

Copies the selected text to the clipboard.


Paste

Inserts the content of clipboard into the text.


Undo

Reverses the last action you made to the text.


Find

Opens the Find & Replace dialog box.


Insert link

Inserts a link to another topic into the text.


Table

Inserts a table into the text.


Insert image

Inserts an image into the text.


Screen shot

Activates the screen capture function.


Back and Next button

Jumps to the last topic in the history list. The history list is automatically updated when you move from one topic to another and saves the last 31 items.


Previous

Jumps to the previous topic of a browse sequence. This command is enabled if the current topic belongs to a browse sequence.


Next

Jumps to the next topic of a browse sequence. This command is enabled if the current topic belongs to a browse sequence.


Home

Jumps to the default topic.


Font name

Changes the font name of the selected text.


Font size

Changes the font size of the selected text.


Font color

Changes the font color of the selected text.


Bold text style

Toggles style bold for the current selection.


Italic text style

Toggles style italic for the current selection.


Underline text style

Toggles style underline for the current selection.


Syntax highlighter

Formats the selected text in programming source code style, as in the code editors of Borland Delphi, C++ Builder and Visual Basic. The highlighter recognizes reserved words, strings, numbers, comments and compiler switches, and highlights them accordingly.

Click on the drop down arrow to the right of the button to choose a syntax style.

Click the button directly to apply the last syntax style used.


Left align

Sets the alignment of the selected paragraph(s) to left align.


Center

Centers the text of the selected paragraph(s).


Right align

Sets the alignment of the selected paragraph(s) to right align.


Unnumbered list

Toggles the paragraph style to an unnumbered list and back.


Numbered list

Toggles the paragraph style to numbered list.


Shift Indent

Decreases the left indent of the selected paragraph.


Shift Indent

Increases the left indent of the selected paragraph.


Keep lines together

Keeps the lines of the current paragraph together and does not insert an occasional page break here. This paragraph option only applies to manual printing and PDF output.

See also:

Explict page break (main menu Insert|Manual Page Break)


Keep paragraph with next

Keeps the current paragraph together with the next paragraph and does not insert an occasional page between. A paragraph is a sequence of words up to the next hard line break (inserted with the enter key).

If you have a screen shot with a caption below there may be 2 paragraphs that you want to keep together. Select the first paragraph (the image) and apply this option to keep to the image toghether with the caption.

This paragraph option only applies to manual printing and PDF output.

See also:

Explict page break (main menu Insert|Manual Page Break)


Line Spacing

Inserts a blank line of half the height before the selected paragraph.


Help

Opens the Table of Contents of the full Help & Manual help file.


Insert

Inserts a new entry.


Delete

Deletes the selected entry including child entries.


Edit

Edits the caption of the selected entry.


Move

Moves the selected item into this direction.


Bookmarks

Displays the active bookmark list for quick access. To edit the bookmark list, click Project | Bookmarks.


Table of Contents

This view shows you the chapters and topics of the current help project. This is what the final help file will display when you open the TOC of your Windows help file.

To add, edit or delete entries in the TOC, click Topics and select the desired command.


Invisible Topics

This list contains invisible topics only. Invisible means that these topics do not appear in the Table of Contents or in the print manual. A typical example for an invisible topic is a context sensitive help topic that describes a particular control (like this topic).


The TopicID is the alphanumeric identifier of a topic. The TopicID is used for all calls to a topic. It must be unique throughout a help project.

•	TopicIDs are not case sensitive.

•	TopicIDs may contain spaces, but avoid leading and trailing spaces.

•	Do not use reserved characters: / \ : * ? # = + * % ! @ [ ] > " | , < &

•	Do not begin a TopicID with a number if the ID will also be used in the [MAP] section.


Anchor in Topic

Specifies the default anchor of the topic, if any. Click on this entry in the TOC to display a topic and scroll to the paragraph with the anchor.


Lets you choose a help window for the topic. There are always at least two windows available:

Main

The "Main" window is the default. If you add a new topic to the table of content, this value is pre-selected. A topic that is displayed in the main window is typically divided into a non-scrolling header and a scrollable topic text.

Pop-up

This is the second, predefined value, and although it is not actually a window, it may also be defined. It is a formatting option. Pop-up topics are small topics (in the most cases) that display context sensitive help. In Windows help files, links to pop-up topics are designated with a dashed underline.

A topic that is displayed as context sensitive help in a pop-up window automatically disappears when you click on another region.


Enter the file name of the help file where the target topic is located. This option is only enabled if the current item of the Table of Contents is a link to an external help file.


The HelpContext is the numeric identifier of a topic. It is required to display context sensitive help for a Windows application. The HelpContext can be zero (not assigned) but if it is non-zero, it must be unique throughout a help project like the alphanumeric topic ID.

You can assign more than one help context number to a topic by separating the numbers with a comma.


These keywords are used to build a keyword index in help files and for the printed manual. Separate each keyword entry by a new line.


A-keywords are similar to normal keywords (so called K-keywords) except that A-keywords never appear in the index. Separate each keyword entry by a new line.


Include options

Defines which builds this topic is included in. The default is All Builds.

DEMO, USER1, USER2 and USER3 are additional options with no appropriate output. You can use them for the fine tuning a help project, or for special compilations.


The ruler displays the indents and tab stops of the current paragraph.

You can change tab stops and indents by dragging the markers with the mouse ,or double-click the ruler to open the paragraph options dialog box.

Tip

If you hold down the Ctrl key while dragging indents and tab stops with the mouse, they do not snap to the next position.


This is the header area of your topic text and is mostly used to display the title of the help topic. The header area may also contain links. It is also called the "non-scrolling region", because in the compiled help file, this text is displayed in a separate, non-scrolling area above the topic text.


This is where you enter the text of your help topic. In the compiled help file, this text scrolls if the window isn't large enough to display all the text.


The status bar displays various information of the current topic and - if you are editing text - of the current position in the text.


Reopen

Provides a list of recently used help project files and folders for a quick selection.


Close

Closes the currently open help project but does not exit the application.


Save as...

Saves the current project under a different file name.

Note

To create a help file, use the Make command.


Exit

Closes the application and exits.


Change Status

Changes the status of the topic. A help topic can have one of 4 status indicators which are visually represented by different colors:

Complete	(transparent background)

Under Construction	(yellow background)

Needs Review	(light blue background)

Out of Date	(red background)

The topic status is used to mark topics that still need some review. You can select topics by their status in the Project Report.


Edit topic caption

Lets you edit the caption (which appears in the Table of Contents) of the current topic.


Change icon

Changes the icon of a topic. These icons apply to html Help, MultiMedia Help and Browser based help. Winhelp files do not support these icons!


Convert chapter

This function converts a chapter without text into a chapter with text (actually a topic) or vice versa.


Goto topic

Lets you locate a specific topic by topic ID, help context number or a compiler error number.


Add Item Before

Opens a dialog box to add a new topic or chapter. The new item is inserted before the currently selected item.


Add Item After

Opens a dialog box to add a new topic or chapter. The new item is inserted after the currently selected item.


Add Item as Child

Opens a dialog box to add a new topic or chapter. The new item is inserted as a child of the currently selected item.

Note

The Table of Contents is limited to a maximum of 9 levels and does only allow child items for chapters.


Delete Item

Deletes the selected topic or chapter including its child items, if any. This action cannot be reversed!


Load / Save topic

Opens a dialog box to load topic text from a rich text file or to save the current topic text to a rich text file.


Sort Items Alphabetically

Sorts the children of the selected chapter alphabetically.


Expand all

Expands all items of the currently selected list (either Table of Contents or the list of pop-up topics) and makes all child items visible.


Collapse all

Collapses all items of the currently selected list (either Table of Contents or the list of pop-up topics) and makes all child items invisible.


Find Referrers

Generates a small report with all topics that refer (link) to the current topic. If you want to delete a topic, you should check out the referrer list before.


Refresh Topic

Refreshes the current topic and updates all images of the topic, if any. If you have made changes to the topic, you are prompted to save. This function allows you to disregard the changes you have made to a topic and refresh it with the previous version.


Print Topic

Prints a draft of the current topic only - unlike the print manual function under the File menu.


Paste Text Only

Inserts the content of the clipboard as plain text. While Paste copies text from the clipboard including the attributes of the text (font name, size and style), this function does not copy text attributes.


Select All

Selects the all topic text at once.


Recall Last Font

Applies the last used font style (type face, size and style) to the current selection.


Text layout

Applies a text style to the current selection. Text styles are defined in the project options.


Tabs and indents

Opens a dialog box that lets you modify the indents and tab stops for the currently selected paragraph.


Font ...

Opens a font dialog box to modify the text attribute of the current selection.


Keyword Search

Opens the keyword finder.


Find & Replace Text ...

Opens the Find & Replace dialog box. Alternatively, press Ctrl + F.


Replace Font Styles ...

Replaces one font style with another in all topics of the current help project.


Undock Table of Contents

Undocks the navigation pane on the left side to enlarge the text editor. If the navigation pane is undocked (displayed in a separate window) you can dock it into the main form again by calling this command.


Undock Topic Options

Undocks the topic options tab which normally appears as a tab in the right pane, along with the Help Text editor window. If the topic options tab is undocked (displayed in a separate window) you can dock it into the main form again by calling this command.


File toolbar

Displays or hides the File tool bar.


Insert & Edit

Displays or hides the Edit tool bar.


Topic Navigation toolbar

Displays or hides the Navigation tool bar.


Text Format toolbar

Displays or hides the Format tool bar.


Paragraph Format toolbar

Displays or hides the Paragraph format tool bar.


Tools toolbar

Displays or hides the Tools tool bar.


Bookmarks toolbar

Displays or hides the Bookmarks tool bar.


Help toolbar

Displays or hides the Help tool bar.


Winhelp Macro ...

Inserts a Winhelp macro into the text. Macros can be used to customize .hlp files.


Internet Link ...

Inserts a link to an internet address or sends an email.


Anchor...

An anchor is a location somewhere in the middle of a topic that can be addressed by a link. It lets you jump to a specific paragraph.


Text Variable ...

Inserts a text variable into the topic.


Conditional text ...

Inserts a text condition into the topic. Text conditions are used to include or exclude parts of the topic text from a particular output.


Embedded topic ...

Inserts an embedded topic into the text. An embedded topic is a reference to another (typically small) topic that should be merged into this topic when you compile a help file.


AVI ...

Inserts a video file (AVI) into the topic. More about using videos in help files.


OLE-Object

Opens a dialog to insert an OLE object into the topic.


Special Character ...

Opens a window that lets you choose special characters from a character table to insert them into the text.

Examples:


Horizontal Line

Inserts a horizontal rule into the text.


Manual Page Break

Inserts an explicit page break for the print manual and for PDF export.


Plain html Code

Opens a dialog box that lets you add plain html code to your topic. This is useful when you want to extend the html output of Help & Manual, for instance when adding an html script to a topic. You must be familiar with html coding to use this function.

Plain html code applies to html only. When you create a Winhelp (.hlp) file or print a user manual, this piece of code is ignored.


Insert

Inserts a new row or column to a table.


Delete

Deletes the selected row, column or the whole table.


Select

Selects a row, a column or the entire table.


Merge Cell with next

Merges the cell with the next table cell and creates a cell that goes over 2 columns.


Split Cells

Separates cells that were combined.


Split Table

Splits the table into two tables at the current row.


Format...

Opens the table format dialog box.


Convert Text to Table

Converts a tab delimted text into a table.


Convert Table to Text

Converts a table into tab delimted text.


Project Properties...

Opens the project properties dialog box.


Bookmarks...

Opens the bookmarks dialog box.


Impict Image editor

Opens the Impict image editor of Help & Manual.


Print Manual designer

Opens the print manual designer of Help & Manual. The print manual designer is used to customize the layout of your print manuals and PDF files.


Repair and Recover

Starts the Recover & Repair tool. This tool is used to recover lost project files after a crash and repair them.


Help Context Tool

Starts the help context tool which lets you delete, add, import and export help context numbers.


Customize...

Opens a dialog box that lets you customize Help & Manual.

These options are not related to the help project, but to Help & Manual itself.


Reports...

Opens a dialog window to create a project report.


Spell check

Starts the spell checker.

Click Config Spell Checker to specify the dictionaries you want to use.


Configure Spell Checker

Opens the configuration dialog of the spell checker. This dialog lets you organize the dictionaries used by the spell checker.


Help & Manual on the Web

Links to the Help & Manual home page.


How do I...

Choose this command for information on general and special tasks.


Tell me about...

Choose this command to get an overview about procedures and terms used in this help file.


About Help & Manual

Displays the About box of Help & Manual.

The About box shows you the software version.


Built-in bitmaps

Inserts one of the built-in bitmaps of the help compiler:

bullet.bmp

chiclet.bmp

do-it.bmp

emdash.bmp

onestep.bmp

prcarrow.bmp

shortcut.bmp

open.bmp

closed.bmp

document.bmp


Choose a syntax highlighter style

Pascal	formats a piece of code like the Borland Delphi code editor. This syntax highlighter recognizes Pascal reserved words, Pascal comments and compiler switches.

C++	formats a piece of code like the Borland CBuilder code editor. This syntax highlighter recognizes C++ reserved words, C++ comments and compiler switches.

Visual Basic	formats a piece of code like the Visual Basic code editor. This syntax highlighter recognizes VB reserved words and VB comments.


Customize syntax highlighter

Opens a dialog box that lets you customize the font face, size, colors and styles of the syntax highlighter.


Edit

Opens a dialog box to change the properties of the selected object.


Convert to plain text

Changes the selected object to plain text.


Refresh image

Updates the selected image if the original image file beneath has changed.


Make keyword

Makes the selected text a keyword and adds the string to the keyword list of this topic.


Edit paragraph

Opens a dialog box that lets you modify the indents and tab stops of the selected paragraph(s).


Convert Embedded Image

Convert the selected object to an image file. Embedded images take a lot of disk space and RAM and significantly slow down the program.


Bookmark list

Displays a list of all bookmarks defined in this project.


Bookmark type

Defines whether it is a Topic Bookmark, a Reminder or a Scheduled Task. Each bookmark type has its own icon.


Renewed submission

Determines when Help & Manual should remind you and display the bookmark.

Currently None:	No automatic reminder

On Open Project:	When you open the help project

On Display Topic:	When the topic the bookmark relates to is displayed

On Compile Help:	When you compile a help file

On Date:	Lets you enter a date. If you open the help project on or after this date, the bookmark will be displayed.


Date

Determines the date for the reminder.


Relates to topic

If the bookmark relates to a particular topic, specify the topic ID here.


Comment

This is the reminder text.


New

Creates a new bookmark.


Delete

Deletes the selected bookmark.


Goto Topic

Jumps to the topic the bookmark relates to.


Start

Click Start Capture! to make a screen shot.


Reset

Resets the current screen capture options to default values.


Extended / Hide

Expands or hide extended screen capture options.


What do you want to capture?

A window or menu:

This is the default option. It lets you select and capture any top-level window on the desktop, a control within a window, a dropdown menu or a pop-up menu.

A free region:

Captures any rectangular region of the desktop. You will select the region with the mouse. T.N.T assists you with a magnifier window that displays the portion of the screen below the mouse pointer.

A fixed region:

Captures an area of a specific size. You specify the width and height of the area below.


Zoom

Specifies the zoom factor of the screen capture. 100% means no zoom - the image will appear with its original size. A zoom factor less than 100% decreases the image size, a zoom factor larger than 100% increases it. Enter a zoom value between 10 and 400 % or select a value from the drop-down list.

Zoom Filter

T.N.T has several filters that are responsible for smooth rescaling of images. T.N.T automatically chooses an appropriate filter if you change the zoom factor.


Filter

Defines a filter for the resampling function (only when zoom <> 100%).


Sound ON / OFF

Enables or disables the "camera click".


Image Shape

Determines the shape of the image. By default the shape is a rectangle, but you can select a different shape to give the image a more interesting look.

•	Rectangle - the image appears as a simple rectangle

•	Rounded Rectangle - the image appears as a rounded rectangle where the edges assume the Background Color

•	Ellipse - the image is an ellipse where edges assume the Background Color

•	Right Paper Edge - creates a shape that looks like a paper cut

•	Left Paper Edge - creates a shape that looks like a paper cut

•	Automatic Shape - creates a fully transparent object. The transparency mask is made from the lower left pixels in the image, that is assumed to be the transparent color.

Examples:


Fade Out

Adds some transparency to the image. Note: the image appears to be transparent in front of the Background Color. So, if the Background Color is white, your image will fade to white. Possible values are:

•	No Fade - does not add a fader

•	Soft Border Fade - adds a soft fader at the border of the image. The image border depends on the image shape. Soft border fade looks great with an elliptic shape!

•	Linear Faders - adds a linear fader from one edge (fully opaque) to the opposite edge (fully transparent)


Background Color

Determines the fill color of the background. The background color is applied to the edges if the image is not rectangular, and to the background if the image has a shadow.


Include Cursor

Determines whether or not to include the mouse pointer in the screen shot.


Add Sparkle

Adds a sparkle or 'visualized mouse action' to the image. The sparkle is added at the cursor position when you make the screen shot. See the combo box below for a list of available sparkles.


Sparkles

•	Twinkle - adds a white camera twinkle. This one looks best on a dark background.

•	Hot Mouse Action - adds a red splash beneath the mouse position to visualize a mouse click

•	Soft Click - same as Hot Mouse Action, but smaller

•	Double Click - adds a small double splash to visualize a double click


Image Shadow

Determines whether the image as a whole has a shadow.


Cursor Shadow

Determines whether the cursor symbol (if included) has a shadow.


Shadow Color

Defines the color of the shadow, which is black by default. The shadow color is toned down by the shadow intensity, so the shadow appears to be gray. You can create stunning effects with other colors.

Examples:


Shadow Intensity

Determines the intensity of the shadow. This function actually makes the shadow semi-transparent. The intensity defines the opacity of the shadow.

Examples:


Shadow Offset

Determines the offset of the shadow from the image center. An offset of 0 would place the shadow right below the image and would not be visible.

Examples:


Shadow Dither

Determines the "softness" of the shadow.

Examples:


Shadow Direction

Determines which direction the shadow goes. On Windows systems, a shadow is always placed at the lower right edge, meaning the light comes from top-left.

Examples:


 Apply Status to Child Entries

Changes not only the selected entry but applies the same status to the child entries as well.


 Change Status of All Topics

Changes the status of all topics in the current view (either Table of contents or Invisible list).


Font face

Defines the overall font face that source code examples are formatted with. The font face applies to all elements.


Font size

Defines the overall font size that source code examples are formatted with. The font size applies to all elements.


Elements

Select a syntax elements from this list to change the style of this element.

Plain text	This is normal text. Procedures, functions, names and other identifiers that are not reserved words and not strings, numbers or comments are formatted with this style.

Reserved word	These are keywords known by the compiler. It varies among syntax parsers which words are recognized as reserved words. Usually, reserved words are formatted bold or in a different color.

Comment	Comment text. This can be a line comment or text between comment identifiers, such as { } in Pascal.

Number	Integer values, decimal and hexadecimal numbers

String	Single characters and strings

Compiler directive	Compiler switches and similar statements. Compiler directives are only supported by the Pascal and C++ parser.


Font color

Defines the font foreground color for the selected element.


Font style

Defines the font style for the selected element.


Keyword list

The syntax parser has a built-in list of reserved words for each syntax style. You can replace the list of reserved words by entering the name of a text file here.

The text file is assumed to contain a list of reserved words, where each word is a separate line that ends with a CRLF.

If you do not want to replace the built-in keywords but rather add your keywords to the built-in list, enable the check box below.


 Add keywords

This option is available when you specify an alternative keyword list. This option determines whether the alternative list of keywords replaces the built-in list of reserved words or if it will be merged with it.


Reset default

Resets all element settings to original defaults.


Delete Help Context Numbers from this project

Deletes all or a range of help context numbers. This function may be used to re-assign help context numbers completely. For instance, before you import a help context map file.


Assign new Context Numbers to topics

Creates help context numbers for existing topics. If you forgot to enable automatic help context numbering (this is a setting in Projects|Properties) you can use this function to assign context numbers to existing topics.


Import a so-called Help Context Map file

A Help Context Map is a text file that contains pairs of alphanumeric topic IDs and help context numbers. Software development tools like Visual Studio can create such a map file. Reasons to import the map file in Help & Manual could be that you get such a file from the software developer and have to assign a given list of context numbers to existing topics.


Export Help Context Numbers

This function creates a so-called help context map file - a plain text file with pairs of alphanumeric topic IDs and help context numbers. Such a list may be used by a software developer to update help context numbers in the application the help file is for. If you need a report with more information about the topics, please use the Project Report instead, which also reports help context numbers.


Delete all help context numbers

Deletes all help context numbers from this help project.


Delete help context numbers of a particular range

Deletes only help context numbers within a particular range. Use the from/to values to specify the range.


From / to help context number

Specifies the range of help context numbers to delete.


Delete context numbers from topics...

Specifies which topics are checked for deletion of context numbers.


Start Value

Automatic help context numbering requires a numerical value to start with. This can be any integer number - Help & Manual automatically checks for existing numbers to avoid duplicates.


Increment Value

Specifies the increment for the automatic numbering.


Assign help context numbers to topics...

Specifies which topics will be checked for new help context numbers.


Import file

Specifies the file name to import. This must be a help context map file - a simple text file with pairs of topic IDs and help context numbers.


Output file

Specifies the file name of the help context map file. The output file is a simple text file with pairs of topic IDs and help context numbers.


Overwrite Output File

Defines whether the output file is overwritten or appended. This option is only available when the output file already exists.


Anchor encoding

Topic anchors may optionally have help context numbers. Depending on what you need the output file for, you may want to choose a special character to separate the topic ID from the anchor ID in the exported file.


Options

Expands or collapses the dialog to show/hide additional options.


Include Options

Includes all topics that match one or more of the selected criteria. These include options also apply to conditional text.


Show Output File

Automatically displays the output file after compilation.


Output File

Specifies the name of the output file. If you compile a help file, this is the name of the compiled help.


Delete temporary files

When Help & Manual creates a compiled help file, it first makes temporary files to feed the help compiler. The final output is the compiled help file and the temporary files are automatically deleted by default.

This option is mainly for debugging purposes. If you need the temporary files to compile a help file manually, uncheck this option. At the end of the compilation, you are told  which files have been created.


Help file for Windows 3.1

Compiles a help file that can be used on 16 bit Windows versions. Help & Manual uses a different compiler to create 16 bit help files. 16 bit help files have various limitations, for instance: long file names are not supported.


Check for missing fonts

This is a debug option. Help & Manual checks whether the topic pages contain fonts which are not installed. Substituted fonts may create irritating results in compiled help files.


Test Compilation

Windows help files have a relatively strong compression. If you have many images, the compilation may take several minutes if compression is on.

This option temporarily disables the compression which speeds up the help compilation.


Export invisible topics

Exports all topics from the Invisible Topics list. If this option is disabled, only topics in the TOC are exported, and automatically exports all topics which are referred to by the exported topics (even if the referred topics are not visible).


Highlight hotspots

Indicates PDF hotspots with red rectangles. This is a debug option to quickly check which hyperlinks are active and which not. The PDF file contains only hyperlinks that point to a topic listed in the Table of Contents. Other topic links are ignored.


 Topic ID

Lets you locate a topic by its topic ID. The topic ID is the unique alphanumeric identifier of each topic you have created.


 Help context number

Lets you locate a topic by its help context number(s). A help context number is the (optional) unique numeric identifier of a topic which is used to create application context sensitive help.


Topic ID or topic number

Depending on selected option above, enter either the topic ID or a help context number or a topic-error-number from the help compiler.


IF, IFNOT and ENDIF

Defines the text condition to apply. A text condition always consists of two statements, an IF or IFNOT statement to start the condition and an ENDIF to terminate it.

IF ...	The embraced text is included when the include option(s) is (are) true

IFNOT ...	The embraced text is excluded when the include option(s) is (are) true

ENDIF ...	Terminates the text condition


Include option

Includes or excludes the embraced text into or from all of the selected output formats.


Selection

Select one of the listed Winhelp macros. Not all available macros are listed here. All macros listed are compatible with 16 bit Winhelp files as well as with 32 bit Winhelp files.

This selection list is just for help.

If the desired Winhelp macro is not listed, simply enter the macro string manually.


Macro

Complete a selected macro or enter your own macro string.


Style

How do you want your macro to appear?

•	Green text: like a normal help link, green underlined

•	Non-green text: underlined, but normal text color

•	Button: Create a button for the macro (note: if you leave the caption blank, the button will appear as a small 12 x 12 pixels button)

•	Bitmap: Use a bitmap for the macro


Caption / Bitmap

This is the visible text of your macro. If you have selected any text before opening this dialog box, the selected text is assumed to be the caption of your macro.

If you are using a small bitmap file (style = bitmap), enter the bitmap path and file name here.


HTML code

Enter the html code here. This piece of html code is treated as is when you create plain html or HTML Help.


 Apply to standard html

Determines whether this html code is inserted when you export this help project in standard html format.


 Apply to HTML Help

Determines whether this html code is inserted when you export this help project in HTML Help format (.chm).


Caption

Specifies the caption of the link.


Link type

Determines whether it is a link to an internet address or to send email.


Link address

If the link jumps to an internet address, the address must specify the full URL. For example:  http://www.ec-software.com. If the link sends an email, enter the email address here. For example:  support@ec-software.com.


New window

Specifies whether the target address should be opened in a new window or in the current browser window. Even HTML Help files can display websites in the main help window.


Caption / Bitmap

This is the visible text of your help link. If you have selected any text before opening this dialog box, the selected text is assumed to be the caption of your link.

If you are using a small bitmap file as link (style = bitmap), enter the bitmap path and file name here.


Style

How should your link appear?

•	A normal text link (appears as green underlined text in the final help file) is the default.

•	If you want to display a pop-up window on your link, select the second option (and make sure that the topic the link points to is defined as a pop-up topic in a pop-up window).

•	A button with caption or a small button if you omit the caption text

•	A bitmap. In this case please use the "caption" entry window to specify the bitmap you want to display.


Help file

Defines the help file where an external topic is located.

This option is only enabled if you link to another help file.


Help window

Defines the help window in which the target topic will be displayed.

By default, the target topic is displayed in the window which was defined along with the target topic. If you want to display your topic explicitly in a window other than its default, change this value.


Topic ID

Select the topic you want to link to from the list below.

If you want to link to a specific anchor in the target topic, select the topic first, then choose the anchor from the drop-down list.


Rows

Defines the number of rows for the table


Columns

Defines the number of columns for the table.


Column width

Specifies the column width. Unless you change this value, Help & Manual calculates the column width automatically. To change the width of a particular column, select a column from the list, then change the value.


Cell padding

Defines the cell padding in pixels.


Cell border

Defines whether or not the table has a border.

Note:

Winhelp (.hlp) files do not support tables with borders.


Border width

Defines the width of the border line.


Table Background Color

Defines the background color of the table. If you do not specify a background color, the table uses the background color of the current topic.


Caption

Specifies the caption of the anchor. The caption appears with a light green background in the text.

This background color and the caption is used internally, to make the anchor visible at design time. In the compiled help file, the caption appears as normal text and the anchor is actually invisible.


Anchor ID

Defines a name for this anchor. You must not use the same anchor name in the same topic twice.

Similar to topic IDs, the following characters are reserved and cannot be used in anchor IDs:

/ \ : * ? # = + * % ! @ [ ] >


Help context

Like every topic, an anchor can have a help context number as well. This allows you to address this specific paragraph by context sensitive help calls from an application. The help context number must be unique throughout a help project.


Chapter without text

This is a normal chapter heading like it appears as a closed/open book in the content of a Winhelp file. You cannot enter text here. Chapters without text are supported by all output types (Winhelp, HTMLhelp, html, manuals).


Chapter with text

This is a chapter heading that is actually a topic. Unlike normal topics, it is allowed to have child items (child topics). The text of such a chapter will typically give a short introduction, while the child topics explain the details.

Important: chapters with text are not supported in Winhelp files. If you create a Winhelp file, the chapter is exported as a normal chapter heading without text. HTMLhelp, plain html and manual printing accept chapters with text.


Topic

Check this option to insert a normal topic like the one you are currently reading. Standard topics are supported by all output types (Winhelp, HTML Help, html, manuals).


Jump to an external help file

This option enables you to insert items to the Table of Contents that point to another, external help file.

To insert such a topic, specify the help file (or help project) where the topic is located and then browse for existing topics by clicking [...]. External topics do not appear in the printed manual as long as the external help project file is not included in your project (see below).


Link to a WWW address

This option allows you to insert an internet shortcut into the Table of Contents. If you select this option in a Windows help file, it will launch the default browser to display the internet address. HTML Help, on the contrary, does not launch a browser. Since it is a browser, the internet address is displayed right in the help window as if the internet homepage were compiled into the help file. Printed manuals ignore WWW addresses (what else?).


#Include another help file

Creates a placeholder for a subsequent help project to merge at run time.


Position of the new item

Specifies where the new entry will be inserted.


Enter the caption for the new item here. You can change the caption later in the Table of Contents.


Enter the target help file here or click the [...] button to locate it. This item is enabled when the item type is either a jump to an external help file or include another help file.


Address

This entry defines the topic ID (if the new new item is a topic) or the url (if the item is a link to a WWW address).

Topic IDs:

Help & Manual automatically creates a new valid topic ID from the item caption. You can change the automatically created topic ID here or link the new item to an existing topic. Click [...] to select an existing topic.


Multiple

Expands the entry box for multiple entries.


Single

Reduces the entry box to single line.


Topic Captions

This entry box lets you insert multiple items at once. Each line in this box will become a topic or chapter. To create a child entry, click on the indentation button right of the box.


Increase indent

Increases the left indent of the line. Indented lines become child entries of the line above.


Decrease indent

Decreases the indent of the line. Indented lines are treated as child entries.


Select a topic

Choose a topic from this list of existing topics and click OK.


Variables

Lists all available text variables. These are predefined variables and custom text variables that you have defined. To extend the list and define your own variables, click Edit.


Edit

Opens the Project Properties dialog box where you can define additional text variables.


Select font

Changes the font selection. The map below displays characters of the currently selected font.


Character grid

Displays special characters in the currently selected font. To view a character, click it once. This points the lens over the selection and gives you a larger image of the selected character. Click Insert to insert the character into the topic text.


Insert

Inserts the selected character into the text at the caret position. The window remains open to let you insert more than one character.


Close

Closes this window.


Find keyword

Specifies a keyword to search for. Leave blank for a list of all keywords.


List

Updates the keyword list to reflect changes.


Search regular keywords

Sorts regular topic keywords only, not A-keywords.


Search A-keywords

Sorts A-keywords only, not regular keywords.


Distinct case

Keywords are generally not case sensitive.

If the same keyword exists in a lower case version and with a capital, the help compiler will take the first occurrence. The result is a keyword list where most keywords start with capitals and few do not.

This option helps you to find these keywords. Distinct case creates a case sensitive keyword list.


Keyword list

Contains the keywords that match your search criteria. Click on any keyword to jump to the topic where it is defined.


Messages

This window displays messages (help compiler messages, import messages, bookmarks, project reports, tips and so on). Click on any hyper link (blue underlined) to obtain more information about the particular message.


Home

Jumps back to the initial position of the displayed document (usually to the top).


Font size

Changes the font size of the document for easier reading.


Find

Opens a find dialog box to search for particular text in the document.


Copy

Copies the selected text to the clipboard.


Print

Prints the page.


Save

Saves the document to a file. This is an html file.

Note:

If you save the document and view it with an external browser, the icons will not appear (icons are loaded internally).


Back

Jumps back to the previous location in history.


Next

Jumps forward to the next position in history.


Close

Closes this window.


 This is a new help project

Select this option if you want to create an empty new help project.

If you have created Windows help files with other tools and want to import that sources, select the second option.


 I have created help files before

Select this option if you have created Windows help files with other tools and want to import existing source files.

Specify the source file in the entry box below.


 Import an RTF document created with MS Word

Choose this import option, when the source of your document is not formatted to compile a help file from it. For example, if you have created a user manual with MS Word. Save the Word document in RTF format to import it in Help & Manual.

Note:

The source of a Windows help file (.hlp) is also an RTF document, but has an accompanying .hpj project file. If you have an .hpj, please use the import option above.


 Decompile a Winhelp file

Choose this import option to read a compiled Winhelp file (.hlp) directly.


 Decompile a HTML Help file

Choose this import option to read a compiled HTML Help file (.chm).


Import file

Lets you specify the source of the file to import.


Help & Manual project file

Defines the file name of the new help project you are about to create.


 Use default template

Uses the built-in default project template to create the new help project. This is an empty file. Alternatively, you can select another Help & Manual project to use as the template.


 Use template file

Uses a Help & Manual project as the template for the new help project. All existing settings and topics from the template will appear in the new help project. Choose [...] to select a template file.

To set the selected template as default for future help projects, enable the option Use this output path and template as the default.


 Use this output path and template as the default

Saves the output path of the new help project and the template settings as defaults for future help projects.


Previous button

Jumps to the previous page of this wizard.


Next button

Jumps to the next page of this wizard.


Quick start

Help & Manual adds the lines you enter here to the Table of Contents and automatically creates a few topics. This function is convenient to get you started quickly. You can delete and change them later and add new items to the Table of Contents.

The suggested default entries create the Table of Contents below:


Printer

Selects the printer for the user manual. Click Printer... to change the selected printer and/or printer properties.

Note:

Even the WYSIWYG print preview is rendered for a specific printer. If you change the printer, this may result in slightly different line and page breaks due to varying printer resolutions.


Print to file

Creates a printer file. Enter the file name in the text box.


Print manual template

Defines the template file that is used to print the user manual.

Click Design... to open the print manual designer.


Design...

Opens the print manual designer.


Include Options

Includes all topics that match one or more of the selected criteria. These include options also apply to conditional text.


Colored text options

Defines how colored text is printed. In a paper manual, you may not want to have green, underlined links.


 Print links with page referrers

Adds a page referrer to links. A page referrer is a "see also" hint - a small page symbol with the manual page number.


Back

Returns to the first page of the print dialog box.


Next / OK

Goes to the second page of the print dialog box and starts a print job.


Print style

Defines the print style - how the manual pages are printed.

Normal (size 1:1)

Prints one manual page on each printer page. The printer orientation is automatically adjusted, the manual page is printed in the top left corner. The actual paper size of the printer should be identical to the manual page size, or larger.

Centered on Printer Page

Identical to Normal but centers the manual page horizontally and vertically. This only makes a difference if the manual page size is different from the printer paper size. If your manual page size and the printer paper size are of the same format, you get a simple 1:1 copy.

Stretched to Printer Page

Stretches the manual pages to fit the printer paper size. The currently selected paper size (of the printer) applies! If the manual pages are smaller than the actual paper size, the pages are enlarged.

Booklet (2 Manual Pages per Printer Page)

Creates a booklet where two manual pages are printed side by side on one printer page. Before the printout starts, Help & Manual calculates the total number of pages and shifts the page order accordingly. Please note that the printer paper format must be large enough to fit two manual pages!

Draft Two Fold (2 Pages per Printer Page)

Draft print. Prints two manual pages per printer page and stretches the manual pages to fit on the printer paper size.

Draft Four Fold (4 Pages per Printer Page)

Draft print. Prints four manual pages per printer page and stretches the manual pages to fit on the printer paper size.


Print cutmarks

Prints small horizontal and vertical lines at the edges of the manual pages for easier cutting.

This option has effect if the manual pages are smaller than the printer paper size. (Otherwise the cutmarks run off the printable area and you won't see them.)


 Print all pages

Print all pages of the manual.


 From page to page

Lets you select a range of pages. Printing starts with From page and ends with To page.


 Select pages

Lets you specify an individual selection of pages. Type in the page numbers you want to print and separate them by a comma. You can also enter from-to ranges.

Example

2, 4-5,15   prints the pages   2, 4, 5 and 15.


Print selection

Lets you print all pages in range selected above, or just even or odd pages.

You can, for example, choose to print the odd pages from the range 17 to 51.


Print preview

This window displays a preview of how your document will look when printed

The Table of Contents of this print preview does not display page numbers, to save one print loop (otherwise, Help & Manual would have to run twice to calculate the page numbers).


Zoom to 100

Sets the zoom state of the preview window to 100%. Use the scroll bars to move the preview window if the page does not fit on your screen.


Zoom to width

Adjust the zoom rate of the preview window, so that the page fits in the screen width.


Zoom to fit page

Adjust the zoom rate of the preview window, so that the whole page fits in the window.


Double page mode

Adjust the zoom rate of the preview window for two pages, side by side.


First

Jumps to the first page of the document.


Previous

Jumps to the previous page of the document.


Select page

Lets you select any page number and jumps to that page of the document.


Next

Jumps to the next page of the document.


Last

Jumps to the last page of the document.


Cancel

Cancels the print preview and closes this window.


 Show startup screen

Displays a selection dialog when Help & Manual is started.


 Animate Splash Screen

Displays a softly fading about box. If the animation appears rather slow on your graphics adapter, please turn it off with this option.


 Check for lost temporary files

Checks the directory for temporary files if there are any project files left and tries to recover them.


 Automatic backup after ... minutes

Automatically saves the temporary files every xx minutes.


 Show hints

Defines if the application shows short hints. Long hints are always shown in the status bar.


 Large toolbar icons

Uses enlarged icons for the toolbar.


 Open Last Project on Start

Automatically opens the most recent help project when Help & Manual starts.


Ruler Units

Defines the units of the ruler above the topic text editor in either inch or cm.


Enable multiple undo

This option saves multiple undo states of the text editor. Saving multiple states, however, is time and memory consuming. If your computer is rather slow, we recommend turning this option off.


 Auto-size topic header

The edit window for the topic-header (the non-scrolling region above the topic text) is normally automatically sized the height fits with the text of a topic header. You can uncheck this option if you prefer the edit window to have a fixed size.


 A double click on a link jumps to the target topic

Defines if the jump function is active during design time. This means that if you double click a link, the topic where the link points to is displayed. If this option is disabled, a double-click on a link opens the link dialog box.


 Auto-correct blanks in topic IDs

A topic ID should not contain blanks. If this option is enabled, every blank is substituted by an underscore "_" when changing the ID of a topic.


If you change a topic ID...

...Help & Manual must search all topics that refer to the current topic and change these links as well. But this search may take a while if your project is rather large. And if you have created a new topic and you know that there is no referrer to this topic, this may be annoying. So you have three options:

Ask to change all related links pops up a dialog box and lets you choose whether to correct all referrers. If you know that there are no links to this topic, you can cancel the dialog.

Change links automatically does not ask you but checks the references automatically.

Do not change related links does nothing. This means that you have to change all links that refer to this topic by yourself.


 Apply Under Construction status to new topics

Applies the Under Construction topic status to any new topic that you insert. This marks the topic heading with a yellow background.


 Change topic status after changes

Automatically sets the topic status to the specified value when you make changes to a topic.


 Do not modify the topic date/time stamp

Disables the automatic update of the topic date/time stamp. This is useful if you intend to make just small changes to a topic (spell check them for instance). Please be careful when you use this option! The topic date/time stamp is used to speed up the HTML export (Help & Manual only exports topics that have changed).

This option is intentionally not stored when you close Help & Manual.


 Copy selection as plain text to clipboard

When you copy selected text in a topic to the clipboard, Help & Manual retains the text format as well as objects (links, images, etc). These objects, however, cannot be pasted into other applications. If this option is enabled, Help & Manual places the formatted text as well as an additional plain text version of the current selection on the clipboard.

Depending on the selection, this procedure requires additional time (several milliseconds) for each copy command.


 Empty clipboard on close

Automatically clears the clipboard when Help & Manual closes.


 Default directory

Defines a directory that is always suggested as default when you open a help project or when you create a new project. If no default directory is defined, the last directory you halved used is saved and then suggested as default.


Directory for temporary files

Help & Manual creates temporary files while you are working on your help project. These files are by default created in the \Windows\Temp directory. If your C: drive is low on disk space, it's a good idea to change this directory.


Compiler messages

Defines which kind of compiler messages are displayed during compilation.

Hints: messages that provide just information.

Warnings: messages about problems. If a topic references an unknown topic, you get a warning.

Errors: error messages that make a compilation impossible.

Compiler results: summary information created by the help compiler.


Help Compilers

This configuration is set automatically. Please do not change it unless instructed to do so by support.


Reference Device for PDF Output

Please set this option to default unless you experience problems with the PDF export.

The problems that you may experience are incorrect word spacing, or crash during the PDF output. If the PDF output crashes, the reason is very likely a buggy printer driver (we especially have had problems with HP drivers on Windows 9x). It may help to change the reference to a different driver in this case.


Report Type

Determines the report type and the amount of information displayed.

Short Project Report

Creates a project report with the most important topic information. This is caption, topic ID, help context number, topic status and include options.

Extended Project Report

Creates a report with more information: window type and topic keywords are included and a list of images is created. Missing images are reported.

Full Project Report

Creates a report with full information: in addition to the above, part of the topic text is displayed, topic referrers are included and images with hyperlinks are reported.


Sort order

Determines the sort order of the report.


Report modified topics only

Reports only those topics which have been modified between From and To date.


Window type

Reports only topics that match the selected help window type(s).

If you want to report context sensitive help topics only, set the window selection to pop-up.


Topic Status

Reports topics that match the selected topic status.


Include Options

Reports all topics that match one or more of the selected criteria.


External browser

Determines whether Help & Manual displays the report in the internal browser window or in your standard browser. The project report is an html document.


File name

Specifies the file name for the report if you display it in an external browser.


Reset Options

Resets the report options to defaults.


Navigation Tree

This tree view organizes the properties into sections. Click on the plus sign to expand a section.

When a section is displayed  bold, you made changes to this section. Click OK or Apply to save the changes.


Copy options from...

Copies the selected section from another Help & Manual project.

Note: some options - such as the default topic and browse lists - are not modified by this command.


Title

Provides space to type text that will appear in the title bar of the main Help window if no main window type is specified in the Windows Properties dialog box.

If you leave this box blank and the contents (.cnt) file does not specify a title, the words "Windows Help" appear in the title bar of your main windows.


Default topic

Specifies the topic that is displayed by default when the compiled help file is opened.

Note: we recommend defining this default topic explicitly. If the default topic is not defined, Help & Manual uses the very first topic of your help project as the default.


Copyright

Provides space to specify your copyright. The copyright is displayed in Winhelp files when you click on the Help menu in a main window, and then click on Version.


Comment

This is an internal comment for your own information. The comment is displayed in the open dialog when you select a help project file to open.


Text Variables

Provides a place to enter custom text variables. Text variables can be used in the topic text as placeholders. Help & Manual has predefined text variables and lets you define your own additional variables.

The following variables are predefined:

TITLE

COPYRIGHT

CITATION

SELF

DATE

DATELONG

TIME

TIMELONG

NOW

TOPICLASTEDITED

MONTH

YEAR


Add

Adds a new line to the grid to enter a new custom text variable.


Delete

Deletes the selected line in the grid.


Import Text Variables

Imports a list of variables from a text file. The text file must be structured like an INI file where the name and value pairs are separated by a equal ("=") symbol.


Export Text Variables

Saves the current list of variables to a text file. This is useful if you want to maintain several sets of variables.


Translate variables names in Table of Contents, Keywords and Links

Help & Manual attempts to translate text variables even in the caption of TOC entries, keywords and in links. You can insert a text variable in the Table of Contents or in the caption of a link by manually entering the variable name as "<VARIABLE>".

This function, however, makes documentation of certain topics impossible. The expression <TITLE>, for instance, is always translated in the help project title, so you cannot use this string. This may be a problem if you have to document XML statements or similar material. Please disable this option in this case.


Language of help file

Defines the language of the compiled help file. This option effects the keyword indexing and full text search of the compiled help file.


Keyboard layout

This option is only available when more than one keyboard layout is installed.

Help & Manual normally uses the default keyboard layout. If you have a project written in another language, for instance Chinese or Korean, you might want to use the appropriate keyboard layout to edit this project.


Default for Help File Dialog boxes

Defines the font that is used in the Table of Contents, the keyword index and in dialog boxes of your compiled help file.

This option applies to all compiled help files (HLP and HTML Help).


Font charset

Defines the character set for your help project.

This applies to compiled help files as well as to the design time display in Help & Manual.


Apply charset to topics

Starts a functions that applies the changed character set to the text of all topics.


 Automatic help context numbering

Enables the automatic creation of help context numbers for every new topic that you create.  If you check this option, you must also define a start number and an increment value.


 Apply help context numbers to topic anchors

By default, Help & Manual automatically adds help context numbers to new topics only. But anchors in help topics can also have help context numbers (supported by Classic Winhelp only). This option determines whether Help & Manual applies help context numbers to topic anchors.


Increment

Defines the value by which help context numbers are automatically incremented. This value must be greater than 0 to enable automatic help context numbering.


Start value

Defines the next context number that is automatically assigned to the next topic you create.


Image search path list

This list of path names is used to detect images. If you insert an image, Help & Manual automatically adds the path to the list. Use Add to add a new path and Remove to delete a directory from this list.


Move down

Moves the selected path one item down. This changes the search order.


Remove

Deletes the selected path from this list.


Add

Opens a dialog box to choose a directory which is then added to the list.


Move up

Moves the selected path one item up. This changes the search order.


Browse sequences

Displays a list of defined browse sequences. Use Add to add a new browse sequence, Change to change the name of the selected browse sequence and Delete to remove it from the list. To add topics to a browse sequence, drag it from the list of available topics and drop it on the browse list on the left.


Change

Changes the name of a browse sequence. This name is only used internally to illustrate the purpose of a browse sequence.


Delete

Deletes an item from the current browse sequence. If the selected item is a topic, the topic is removed, if it is the browse sequence, the browse sequence itself, including all topics, is removed.


Available topics

Displays a list of topics defined in your help project. To add a topic to a browse sequence, drag it to the list on the left side and drop it over the desired position.


 Auto-create browse sequences

Enable this option to automatically create one large browse sequence for all topics that do not belong to another browse sequence.


Add

Adds a new browse sequence to the list.


Style name

Defines a name for the selected style. The first two styles of this list have a predefined name which cannot be changed.


Add Style

Adds a new style to the list.


Delete Style

Deletes the selected style from the list. The styles Header Default and Text Default are predefined and cannot be deleted.


Shortcut

Defines a keyboard shortcut for this style. Using keyboard shortcuts you can quickly apply a style to the selected text.


 Apply font

A format style consists of paragraph attributes and font attributes.

If you want to apply font attributes to the selected text when using this style, enable this option.


 Apply paragraph

A format style consists of paragraph attributes and font attributes.

If you want to apply paragraph attributes to the selected text when using this style, enable this option.


Change Font

Opens a font dialog box to change the font of the style.


Change Paragraph

Changes the paragraph attributes (indents and tab stops) of the style.


Preview

Displays a preview of how this style looks like.


Window name

Defines a name for a secondary window. This name will show up in the list of available windows in the topic options.


Window caption

This is the title of the help window. This title is displayed as the window caption of the compiled help file.


Add

Adds a new secondary window to the list.


Remove

Removes a secondary window from the list. The windows "Main" and "pop-up" are predefined values and cannot be removed.


Left, Top, Width and Height

Defines the screen coordinates of this help window in pixels. This value is device independent and Help & Manual calculates the value relative to the users screen resolution.

If your screen is 800 x 600 and you define a window at the upper left corner (0, 0), with a width of 400 and a height of 600, this help window will always cover the left half of the screen, even if screen resolution is 640 x 480 or 1024 x 748.

Use the position wizard to adjust window size and position.


 Suppress header

A normal help window is divided into a non-scrolling region (the "header") and into a scrolling text region ("text"). If you want to suppress the non-scrolling region at all, select this option.


Change color

Click this button to change the color selection for the selected window.


Color preview

Visualizes the actual color selection for the selected window.


Position wizard

Opens a window that helps you to define the windows position and size easily.


Default positions

Resets the windows position and size to default values, these are -1. Default positions means that Winhelp chooses an appropriate position for this window when it is displayed (typically centered, full screen height, half screen width).


 Auto-size height

Lets Winhelp auto-size the height of a secondary window according to the length of the topic that is displayed. This option is only available for secondary windows.


 Maximize window

Lets Winhelp maximize the help window when it is displayed. While the user can normalize the help window, the initial state is always maximized.


 Keep on top

If this option is checked, the help window is always on top, in front of all other windows, even of the application that calls the help file.


Window coordinates are absolute

You define the window size and position in pixels for your own desktop size.

This option determines whether the help window position and size is absolute (in pixels) or sized accordingly if the help file is displayed on a computer with a different screen resolution.


Window buttons for HLP files

Defines which buttons are visible on the tool bar of the help window.


Custom buttons in HLP files

The windows of HLP files allow to add custom buttons.

Caption

Specifies the caption of a button. To add a shortcut, insert a & before the character that should become the shortcut.

Macro to execute

Specifies a Winhelp macro that is executed when the user clicks the button.

Example:

Caption	I&nternet

Macro	ExecFile("http://www.ec-software.com/index.html")

Result:


 Allow secondary windows

Enables secondary help windows in HTML Help. Help & Manual uses the help window definitions from the Project options dialog. If secondary windows are disabled, the HTML Help file will display all topics in the main view.


Save user settings in registry

Defines whether HTML Help saves the window position in the registry and restores it when the user opens the help file the next time.


 Main help window has navigation panel

Defines whether the main HTML Help window has a navigation panel and buttons.


Navigation pane width

Defines the width of the navigation panel in pixels and applies it to the help window width.


 Add a SEARCH tab to the navigation panel

Adds full text search capabilities to the HTML help file:


 Add a FAVORITE tab to the navigation panel

Adds a separate favorites tab to the HTML Help file.


 Hide / Show

Adds a Hide or Show button to the toolbar of the HTML Help file. This allows you to hide/show the navigation pane, which includes the Table of Contents.

Hide/show buttons in HTML Help:


 Back

Adds a Back button to the toolbar of the HTML Help file to jump back to the previous topic.

Back button in HTML Help:


 Back

Adds a Forward button to the toolbar of the HTML Help file to go forward again when you have jumped back a topic.

Forward button in HTML Help:


 Stop

Adds a Stop button to the toolbar of the HTML Help file to stop the current action. For offline help files, a stop button is typically not required. If your HTML Help file points to addresses on the web, we recommend including a stop button.

Stop button in HTML Help:


 Refresh

Adds a Refresh button to the toolbar of the HTML Help file to refresh the current page. For offline help files, a refresh button is typically not required. If your HTML Help file points to addresses on the web, we recommend including refresh button.

Refresh button in HTML Help:


 Home

Adds a Home button to the toolbar of the HTML Help file to jump to the main page. The Home button, by default, points to the default topic of your help file which is defined in the Project options. You can overwrite this address by entering a valid topic ID (+ ".htm") in the entry box below.

Home button in HTML Help:


 Options

Adds an Options button to the toolbar of the HTML Help file with a pop-up menu to modify the display options.

Options button in HTML Help:


 Print

Adds a Print button to the toolbar of the HTML Help file which lets the user print a topic or a whole chapter.

Print button in HTML Help:


 Locate

Adds a Locate button to the toolbar of the HTML Help file which lets the user synchronize the Table of Contents with the topic currently displayed. This is useful if  you have been following links and then wants to know in which chapter the current topic is located.

Locate button in HTML Help:


 Jump1

Adds a Jump button to the toolbar of the HTML Help file. HTML Help files have 2 predefined jump buttons that can be activated or not.

Enter the target URL of the jump button in the grid right of the check box.

Please note that HTML Help does not allow to change the icon of the jump buttons:


 Jump2

Adds a Jump button to the toolbar of the HTML Help file. HTML Help files have 2 predefined jump buttons that can be activated or not.

Enter the target URL of the jump button in the grid right of the check box.

Please note that HTML Help does not allow to change the icon of the jump buttons:


User defined buttons

HTML Help has 3 buttons that can be freely addressed.

Jump 1:	specifies the URL of the Jump 1 button

Jump 2:	specifies the URL of the Jump 2 button

Home:	specifies the URL of the HOME button


Citation

Provides space to type text that will be appended to Help text that is copied or printed from a compiled Winhelp file (HLP).


 Full text search index

If you enable full text search capabilities for Winhelp (.hlp) files, the help compiler generates a full-text search index for the Help file and the Find tab in Help is populated the first time you click it. In other words, you will not have to use the Find Setup wizard to create a full-text search file, which can take quite a while for larger Help files.

The disadvantage to creating a full-text search file for users is that it significantly increases compile time and takes up space on the distribution disks for your product. If you are shipping your product on a CD-ROM, you can probably provide the convenience of an .fts file at little cost to you. If you are shipping on floppy disks, the size of the full-text search file can affect the number of disks needed to ship your product.


 Search for words

Enables you to search only for individual words. Although this keeps full-text search (.fts) files size to a minimum, it prevents you from searching for phrases, matching phrases, or similar topics.


 Search for phrases

Enables you to search for complete phrases, such as a first and last name. Although this makes the full-text search index more usable, it increases the size of the full-text search (.fts) file.


Include untitled topics

Topics which do not have keywords and titles (such as topics defined with window type pop-up) are typically excluded from full text search. If you want to include them though, enable this option.


 Display matching phrases

Enables you to see matching phrases as you type them, which can make it easier to find a phrase. Although this makes the full-text search index more usable, it increases the size of the full-text search (.fts) file. If your Help file is large, or your machine is slow, specifying this option can significantly increase the amount of time it takes for Help to search the full-text search file.


 Search for similar topics

Enables you to mark Help topics for later reference. Help can then search for information that is related to the information in the marked topics.

This feature is most useful for searching large or multiple Help files. Although it makes the full-text search index more usable, it increases the size of the full-text search (.fts) file.


Offset for Table of Contents

This option creates an offset in the Table of Contents (.cnt) of a Winhelp file. This offset is necessary when you plan to merge Winhelp files at runtime and the Table of Contents of the merged help file has an indent (does not start at level 0).


Export A-keywords as ...

When you create a Winhelp (.hlp) file, A-keywords are exported by default with A-footnotes. If you need to change that, specify the footnote character here.


Encoding of topic anchors

HLP files treat anchors in topics as absolute IDs - equal to topic IDs. To ensure that an anchor is absolutely unique, Help & Manual creates a new ID from the topic ID plus the anchor ID. Both IDs are separated with a colon (:) by default.

This is suitable for most situations. If you need a different encoding, you may either select a different separator (an underscore or a dot) or choose the last option: no combination with the topic ID.

This last option writes the anchor IDs as they are and assumes that they are unique and do not coincide with other topic IDs. Help & Manual does not check for duplicates! Use the last option at your own risk.


Clear lines

Empties the list of additional help project options.


Text only pop-ups

Exports pop-up topics as text only. Line breaks are retained, formatted text, images and links are not. HTML Help text pop-ups are stored in an internal text file inside the compiled HTML Help file. This internal text file is called "CSHelp.txt" by default.

HTML encoded topics

Exports pop-up topics as regular topics. Full text layout is kept but the topic will appear in the main help window, not in a pop-up window.

Winhelp pop-ups

Creates a dual mode help file: Regular topics are html based and contained in the HTML Help (.chm) file. pop-up topics are compiled separately as .hlp file. The entry box below specifies the file name for the .hlp pop-ups.


Internal Text File

HTML Help text pop-ups are stored in an internal text file inside the compiled HTML Help file. This internal text file is called "CSHelp.txt" by default. This option allows you to specify a different name. Do not include any path information in this setting.


File name

Specifies the name of the .hlp file of the pop-up topics. Enter the file name only, without path. The file will be created in the same output folder as the .chm file.


Clear lines

Empties the list of additional help project options.


 Static Table of Contents

Creates a navigation page with static entries where all chapters are expanded. This TOC option does not require a browser with Java script capabilities.


 Dynamic Table of Contents

Creates a navigation page with dynamic entries that can expand and collapse. This TOC option requires a browser with Java script capabilities.


 Automatically collapse

Collapses all other TOC entries when the user selects a new branch.


 Scroll into view

Automatically scrolls down to the selected entry.


 Synchronize Contents

Synchronizes the display of the (left) navigation frame with the (right) topic frame.


Width of Navigation Frame

Defines the width of the left frame in either pixels or in percent.

Value < 100 = width in %

Value > 100 = width in pixels


Indentation per level

Defines an indentation for the each chapter/topic level. This value must correspond to the width of the icon images used in the Table of Contents.

A typical icon size is 16 x 16 pixels, so an appropriate width value is slightly higher.

An indentation of 20 pixels is a good choice if you use standard icons.


 Show frame border

Defines whether the frame is displayed with a border or not.


 Display ordering numbers

Turns on numbering of the Table of Contents.


 Default Icons

Automatically creates icons for the Table of Contents. The icons are the same as displayed during design time. If you rather want to use your own icons, select Custom Icons.


 Custom Icons

Uses custom icon images for the Table of Contents. You must specify the icon files below.


Collapsed chapter

Defines a custom icon image for a collapsed chapter. This is typically represented by a closed book.


Expanded chapter

Defines a custom icon image for an expanded chapter. This is typically represented by an open book.


Topic Entry

Defines a custom icon image for a topic entry (for items that do not have child entries). This is typically represented by a small page icon.


Design Mode

Switches between a simple style editor and a text box that lets you modify the html template directly. When you use the simple style editor, Help & Manual changes the html template accordingly. This happens in the background. When you switch to direct editing, you see the changes.


Reset

Resets the html template to default values.


Text before Table of Contents

This text is inserted above the Table of Contents.


Headings

You can specify a different font face, size and style for each heading.


Text after

This text is inserted below the Table of Contents.


Template source code

This text box lets you edit the html template directly.

Warning!

You must have skills in html and style sheet programming to modify the template directly! Help & Manual does not check the syntax of the template. If you create invalid html source code, the html export may completely fail.

If your modified html template does not work as expected, click Reset to restore the defaults!


Design Mode

Switches between a simple style editor and a text box that lets you modify the html template directly. When you use the simple style editor, Help & Manual changes the html template accordingly. This happens in the background. When you switch to direct editing, you see the changes.


Reset

Resets the html template to default values.


Text before Keyword Index

This text is inserted above the keyword index.


Keyword Index Fonts

You can specify a different font face, size and style for each section of the keyword index.

Separator	Font for a section heading (A, B, C, ...)

Keyword	Font for a top-level keyword

Sub-Keyword	Font for a second-level keyword

Topic Link	Font for a topic link


Template source code

This text box lets you edit the html template directly.

Warning!

You must have skills in html and style sheet programming to modify the template directly! Help & Manual does not check the syntax of the template. If you create invalid html source code, the html export may completely fail.

If your modified html template does not work as expected, click Reset to restore the defaults!


Index Separators

Defines a list of index sections or "groups". These are typically the letters A - Z but may be changed for non-English languages. If you don't want the index to be grouped, set this option to blank.


Keyword Links Popup Title

The topic links which are affiliated with a keyword are displayed in a small popup window. This setting defines the title text of the popup window.


Design Mode

Switches between a simple style editor and a text box that lets you modify the html template directly. When you use the simple style editor, Help & Manual changes the html template accordingly. This happens in the background. When you switch to direct editing, you see the changes.


Reset

Resets the html topic template to default values.


Text Before

This text is inserted above the topic header.


Navigation buttons

Lets you specify the caption of the navigation buttons. Navigation buttons are inserted right of the topic header (if the topic has a header at all).

Caption

The button caption is used for text links and as a hint.

Image

Instead of plain text, you can use images as well. If you define an image for a button, the caption has no effect.


Text after

This text is added below the topic.


Default extension

Defines the default extension for html files, which is ".htm" by default.

This property applies to Browser based help only. If you create html Help files, the default extension is always ".htm".


Template for Window type

Help & Manual stores a separate topic template for each window type. When you export the help project, it checks the help window defined by the topic to get the appropriate html template.

According to the default window types, there are at least two html templates for the Main window and for the window type pop-up.


Template source code

This text box lets you edit the html template directly.

Warning!

You must have skills in html and style sheet programming to modify the template directly! Help & Manual does not check the syntax of the template. If you create invalid html source code, the html export may completely fail.

If your modified html template does not work as expected, click Reset to restore the defaults!


Fixed pitch fonts

Defines a list of fixed pitched fonts. Text formatted with one of these fonts is exported in a special manner: without automatic word breaks. This is useful for code examples.

Click Add to insert a new row.

Click Delete row to remove an entry from the table.


Character translation

Defines the translation rules for special characters.

Automatic (default)

Character translation is done automatically. Help & Manual uses one of the other three values, depending on the language of the help project which is defined in the Project options dialog.

Standard

Translates special characters into their decimal values. Example: Ä becomes &#196;

Extended

Translates special characters into their appropriate names. If no name is defined for a character, the decimal value is exported. Example: Ä becomes &Auml;

None

Skips character translation. This option is required for help projects written in languages that use a double-byte character set, such as the most Asian languages.


Font translation

Defines a font-substitution table for Windows font names.

Click Add to insert a new row.

Click Delete row to remove an entry from the table.


Image conversion

Defines, how images are converted during the html export.

Do not create gifs or jpegs: topics are exported without images. No conversion.

Convert 256 color bitmaps to gif, others to jpeg: Bitmaps with a color palette of 256 colors or less are converted to .gif (which is limited to 256 colors), high and true color bitmaps are converted to .jpg. Windows metafiles and embedded images are always converted to .gif.

Convert all to gif: only creates .gif images. You may notice that true color bitmaps look distorted because .gif only supports 256 colors.

Convert all to jpeg: ensures the best quality for all images. However, jpegs are larger than .gifs.


JPEG Quality

Determines the image quality and therefore the compression of JPEG images. JPEG compression is not lossless - the higher the compression the lower is the image quality. A value of 90 is typically a good balance of image size and quality.


Export image file name as ALT tag

The ALT tag is an optional description for an image which appears when the browser does not display images or when the user points with the mouse over the image. You can use the image name to export it as ALT tag or simply omit this tag.


Smart overwrite

Checks whether the output file (the converted image) exists at all and has the same file date as the source image. If the file date is the same, the image conversion is skipped which results in a faster export.


Reduce dimensions of large screen shots

Reduces the width and height of screen shots to the given maximum values. If an image exceeds either the max width or height, it is scaled down.


PDF manual template

The PDF export works like a printer: it "prints" a user manual to a PDF file. The layout of printed user manuals as well as PDF is defined by manual templates. This option specifies the template used for PDF export (may be different from the print function).


Pages

Defines which pages (sections) from the print manual template are used. You can enable and disable sections in the template file directly. The aim of this setting is to enable you to use one manual template  for direct printing and for PDF export but disable certain pages that you do not want in the PDF file.


PDF Style

Creates an interactive or static PDF file. Interactive PDF files may have an expanding Table of Contents and active hyperlinks.


Create Table of Contents

Creates an expanding Table of Contents.


Active hyperlinks

Defines whether hyperlinks in help topics are enabled in the PDF file. Help & Manual only exports those hyperlinks which point to topics in the Table of Contents. A PDF file cannot contain invisible topics.


Create thumbnails

Creates page thumbnails. This increases the size of the PDF file.


Ignore blank pages

Skips any blank pages that may be defined in the print manual template. The PDF file is more convenient to read if it does not contain blank pages like a paper manual.


Image Quality

Defines the compression of images in the PDF file.

We recommend JPEG compression with a quality of 50 to 100 % as this is a good compromise between image quality and PDF size.


Compression

Specifies the compression of the PDF file.


Open Mode

Specifies how the PDF reader opens the document by default. This is only a suggestion for the PDF reader and may be overwritten by user settings.


Zoom Mode

Specifies which zoom mode the PDF reader initially uses to display the document.


Owner Password

Specifies the password that is required to modify the PDF.


User password

Specifies the password that is required to view the PDF.


User can print

Enables the user to print the PDF file. Note that the user can change the PDF options unless you specify an owner password.


User can copy text

Enables the user to copy text to the clipboard. Note that the user can change the PDF options unless you specify an owner password.


User can change

Enables the user to change the PDF file. If you disable this option, specify an owner password as well.


Strong 128 Bit Encryption

Your PDF file will be automatically encrypted if you set a user or owner password and uses a 40 bit encryption by default. This option allows you to apply a stronger 128 bit encryption. Not all PDF readers support 128 bit encryption.


Subject

Subject of the PDF file. This is a kind of sub-title.


Author

Author of the PDF file. This is you.


Keywords

Keywords of the PDF file. These keywords are used by some PDF tools to search for PDFs that match a particular keyword.

Note:

These keywords apply to the PDF file as a whole. The keywords have nothing to do with the topic keyword index that Help & Manual creates.


Font embedding

Defines whether and how Help & Manual embeds fonts into the PDF file. Although this increases the size of the PDF significantly, it is recommended to embed True Type fonts. If you do not embed fonts, the PDF file may not be displayed correctly because of substituted fonts.

•	Do not embed True Type fonts:

Does not embed any fonts, the fonts used in your document must be available on the user's computer

•	Embed TrueType fonts:

Embeds TrueType fonts except the fonts from the exclude list

•	Embed Symbol fonts only:

Embeds Symbol TrueType fonts only (like Symbol and WingDings)

•	Use Base 14 Type1 Fonts:

Uses the built-in PDF fonts as substitutes

•	Embed TrueType Subset:

Embeds TrueType fonts, but only the code page that is used

•	Embed TrueType used characters only:

Embeds TrueType fonts, but only the characters that are used (Warning: slow!)


Exclude fonts

Fonts like Arial, Courier or Times New Roman do not need to be embedded. You can expect that these fonts are installed on the computer of the user.


Add font

Adds a font to the exclude list (so that the font is not embedded).


Remove font

Removes a font from the exclude list.


Paper size

Defines the paper size of the printed manual. Select one of the predefined values or select Custom size to define the paper width and length manually.


Orientation

Changes the page orientation.


Page width and length

Shows the page width and page length in mm or inch (depending on the selected Units value). If Paper size is set to Custom size you can change these values manually.


Indents

Defines the general indentation of the  left / top / bottom and right margin for the page (the physical paper size) in selected Units.


Number of columns

Defines the number of columns for a page (paper sheet).


Column space

Defines the space between columns if the number of columns is > 1.


 Flip margins on even pages

Reverses the left and right indentation on even pages (paper sheets). This creates a mirrored effect, which is useful if you print a manual on both sides of the paper.


Text

Defines the text which is printed as the page header/footer.


Font

Defines the font for the header/footer text.

Click [...] to select or change the desired font.


Text for "Page"

Defines a string value for the word "Page". This string is printed along with the page number. If this entry field is empty, Help & Manual prints only the page number.


Font for heading

Defines a font for each chapter level. This lets you use a larger font for "main" chapters and a smaller font for sub-items. Click [...] to change the font settings.

Numbering

Defines a numbering style for each chapter level:

•	None - disables numeration for this level. If you set a level to no numeration, all following levels should also be set to "None".

•	1.2.3. - sets Arabic numeration for this level

•	A.B.C. - sets uppercase numeration for this level

•	a.b.c. - sets lowercase numeration for this level

•	I.II.III. - sets roman numeration for this level

Page break

Defines whether heading of this level start a new page or not.


Translate OLE objects into images

Translates (embedded) OLE objects into plain bitmaps. This makes OLE objects smaller.


Embed Images

Embeds images into the RTF manual. This results in a much larger RTF file and if you used many images, MS Word may not be able to open the document.


Hotspots green underlined

Marks hotspots as green underlined text.


Viewer template

Defines the skin of the viewer. Select one of the supported viewer templates.


Icon

Defines a window icon for the viewer. This is the icon that appears in the task bar when the viewer is running.


Splash Image

This image is displayed when the viewer starts. You may include your company or product logo here.


Startup sound

Defines a sound that is played when the viewer starts.


Page turn sound

Defines a sound that is played when the user jumps from one topic to another.


Window position and size

Defines the size and initial position of the viewer window. Please note that some viewer templates may have a fix sized interface and do not support the size values.


Position wizard

Opens a dialog window for easy window positioning.


Default Positions

Resets the window position to defaults.


Viewer window is maximized

Maximizes the viewer window when it opens. Please note that not all viewer templates that Help & Manual provides may support that.


Language pack

Defines the language of the viewer. This is a small text file that contains translations for messages, menu items and hints.

To translate the viewer to your own language, open the language pack english.lng with a text editor, translate it and save it with a different name.


Enable keyword index

Makes a keyword index available to the viewer. You must define keywords along with your topics to create a keyword index.


Enable full text search

Includes a full text search option into the viewer.


Compress viewer

Help & Manual ships with two viewer versions: a compressed (about 310 kb) and an uncompressed version (about 780 kb). If size does not matter (e.g. if you deliver the viewer on a CD) we recommend using the uncompressed version.


Not used

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About text

This is displayed when you click about in the viewer. The about box is a small html window, so html tags are allowed in the about text.


Users can copy text

Enables you to copy text from the viewer to the clipboard. If this option is disabled, you can only view the pages.


Password

If you enter a password here, this password is required to open the compiled viewer.


Copy protect viewer

You can enable copy protection by compiling the viewer so that it only runs if the data is loaded from a particular disk.

Note:

If you intend to create CD-R, make sure that your CD burning software has the ability to apply a particular serial number.


Serial number

Defines the hard disk serial number the viewer is compiled for. Click Select Disk to obtain the serial number from a disk.


Find what

Defines the string to search for.


Replace with

Defines the replacement string. If you only want to search for a word, disable the Replace check box.


Search current topic

Searches for the string in the current topic only, starting at the top of the topic.


Search all topics (from current)

Searches all topics and starts searching at the current topic. Topics above the current are not searched.


Search all topics (start at first)

Searches all topics, starting at the first topic in the Table of Contents.


Match case

Defines whether the search is case sensitive or not.


Match whole word

Defines whether the search string may be part of a word or if only whole words are found.


Search text

Searches for the string in the topic text.


Search keywords

Searches for the string in topic keywords.


Find next

Finds the next occurrence of the search string, starting at the cursor position in the current topic.


Replace

Replaces the found word and searches for the next occurrence.


Replace all

Automatically replaces all occurrences of the search string with the replacement string. The automatic Find & Replace will continue to search remaining topics.


Replace Fonts

Begins replacing of the selected font in all topics that match the search criteria.


Old Font Style

Click Change... to select the font that you want to change. Optionally you can sub-select a style (bold/italic/underlined). If you select a sub-style, Help & Manual will only change these styles.


Replace all font sizes and colors

Replaces all the selected font (face) in all sizes and colors, not only the selected size and color. The size and color of the font is retained in this case, just the font face is changed.


New Font Style

Click Change... to select the font that you want to apply.


Select topics

You can either replace the selected font in

•	All topics of this help project

•	Just the current topic

•	Topics with a specified window type only. This function is useful if you want to change the font of context sensitive help topics.


Change header / text

Determines whether the selected font will be replaced in the (non-scrolling) topic header only, in the topic text or in both.


Units

Defines the measuring units for the paragraph. This can be either inch or centimeters.

The ruler above the topic text displays these units.


Left indent

Defines a general left indent for the paragraph. The extra indent (below) is relative to the left indent.


Right indent

Defines a general right indent for the paragraph.


Extra indent

Defines an extra indent which is applied to the second and all following lines of the paragraph. The extra indent is relative to the left indent.

Example:

This paragraph has a left indent and a right indent of 0.5". The second line of this paragraph has an extra indent of 1".


Tab stops

Defines tab stops for the paragraph. These tab stops are absolute values which means that when your left indent is 1", the first tab stop must be greater than 1".

To add a new tab stop, enter the value of the tab and then click Set tab.

To delete a tab stop, select the tab in the list and then click Delete.


Alignment

Defines the alignment for the paragraph.

This line is left aligned.

This line is centered.

This line is right aligned.


Set tab

Adds the tab value you have entered above the list to the list of tab stops.


Delete tab

Deletes the selected tab stop from the list.


Delete all

Clears the list of tab stops.


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Classic Winhelp

This is classic help systems of Windows, available since Windows 3.0. A Winhelp help file consists of an .hlp and a .cnt file.


HTML Help

Is the successor of Winhelp. HTML Help was first introduced with Windows 98 and is included in Windows 98 and later versions. To view HTML Help files on Windows 95, the HTML Help runtime must be installed on that computer.


Winhelp files (.hlp)

This is a compressed file that contains help topics and keywords. HLP or Winhelp was first introduced with Windows 3.0 and has been improved many times since then. It is the preferred help format for most help projects and is still supported in the recent versions of Windows.


Winhelp contents file (.cnt)

This file type is an add-on to HLP files. It defines the Table of Contents of a 32 bit Winhelp file:


HTML Help file (.chm)

Is a single file that contains help topics, keywords and a Table of Contents in html format. This is the standard Windows help format since Windows 98.


Help project file (.hpj)

This is a configuration file that is used by the help compiler to compile a help file (.hlp). Together with the rich text file and optional bitmaps, this is the source of a Winhelp file.

When you create a new Help & Manual project and want to import an existing help file, Help & Manual reads this configuration file first.


This is an example pop-up topic.


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