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Author: 3C
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 00:00

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MAKE YOUR OWN WINDOWS HELP FILES!

A Windows help file is actually very powerful - Did you know, for 
example, that you can get it to display your help file using up to five 
secondary windows of different shapes and sizes, in addition to the main 
window, and have any background colour you like behind the text of any 
window?

Did you know that you can create customised buttons to be added to the 
button bar? Did you know that it is also possible to add your own extra 
custom drop-down menus to the Window's menu bar?

Both main and secondary windows can have 'non-scrolling' regions for 
titles and any information that you don't want to disappear when the 
topic is scrolled up! In addition these regions can have individual 
background colours of their own. Wide tables or similar text that 
shouldn't be word-wrapped on display can be made into a 'no word-wrap' 
region, forcing WinHelp's horizontal scroll bar.

Bitmap pictures that 'do things' can be added with the necessary topic 
jumps or WinHelp macro calls. Conventional topic jumps and hot-spot 
bitmaps can also be made to load other help files, execute programs and 
run macros! Your help file can be made to do these things, using Help 
File Maker.

Help File Maker is a complete package for making professional Windows 
help (*.HLP) files. It was created to combine the best features of some 
other help file compilers then available; some British, some from the 
US.

Help File Maker Includes...
Help File Maker WYSIWYG word processor, spell checker and dictionary.
Microsoft Help Compilers V3.0 and V3.1.
Help Compiler Reference Help (what all the WinHelp macros do, etc.).
Hot-Spot bitmap (SHG) Editor.
Hot-Spot Editor Help.
Easy to use Help Project files copier for making back-ups, etc.

The only other software you will need is Windows Paintbrush or similar 
to process bitmap images.


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