HTML Help Tasks
[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]
This section contains a complete list of basic tasks. You will combine these tasks in various ways as you design and create your help system.
In this section
- To add a default frame location to the table of contents file
- To add a full-text search stop list to a help project
- To add a Jump button to a help window
- To add a keyword to an index file
- To add a KLink keyword to an HTML file
- To add a navigation frame
- To add a Search tab to the Navigation pane
- To add a secondary window
- To add a text link to an HTML file
- To add a topic frame
- To add an ALink name to a target HTML file
- To add or remove buttons in a help window
- To add or remove HTML topic files from a project file
- To add Related Topics links to a file
- To add the most common HTML character formatting tags to your file
- To apply a style to a phrase in an HTML file
- To apply a style to one element in an HTML file
- To apply an icon to a contents entry
- To assign a window type to a contents or index entry
- To assign a window type to a topic when linking
- To assign an alternate location for a contents or index entry
- To assign an information type to a contents entry
- To automatically display a help file after compiling
- To automatically generate a table of contents
- To automatically hide the Navigation pane
- To automatically load the last project file you worked on
- To change a table of contents entry level from a folder or book to a page
- To change the font when viewing the compiler message log
- To clear help messages
- To compile a help project file
- To compile a help project from the command prompt
- To compile a project compatible with HTML Help version 1.0
- To convert an existing help project to an HTML Help project
- To create a binary contents file
- To create a bookmark
- To create a full-text search stop list
- To create a header file
- To create a KLink in an HTML file to a keyword in a target file
- To create a link to a command without using a button
- To create a new icon strip for a contents file
- To create a shortcut in a help topic
- To create a text file for pop-up help topics
- To create a TEXT POPUPS section in a project file
- To create a two-frame HTML frameset
- To create a window without a Navigation pane
- To create an 800 X 600 window from the command line
- To create an ALink in a topic that links to a target file
- To create an index that uses a site map
- To customize the appearance of a contents file
- To decompile a compiled help file from the command line
- To define a Hidden information type
- To define a window type for the Help Viewer
- To define categories and information types
- To define information types when not using categories
- To edit the HTML Help ActiveX control in a file
- To enable full-text search
- To enable sound in HTML Help Workshop
- To flag a new table of contents entry
- To generate keywords from HTML files
- To have ALink or KLink target topics appear on a pop-up menu
- To have Related Topics links appear on a pop-up menu
- To hide compiler messages
- To include a header file in a project file
- To include a style sheet in an HTML file
- To insert the tag for an instance of the section
- To link from a contents or index entry to a topic in another compiled help file
- To link from a topic in a HTML Help file to a topic in a WinHelp file
- To link from a topic in a WinHelp file to a topic in an HTML Help file
- To link to a bookmark in another HTML file
- To link to a topic in a compiled help file from a Web page or topic file
- To link to an external style sheet
- To make changes to the overall style of help windows
- To merge multiple help files at run time
- To modify the Navigation pane in the Help Viewer
- To move topics to the root during compile
- To open a compiled help file from a contents or index entry
- To open an HTML file and view its source code
- To remove categories and information types
- To save compiler messages to a file
- To set actions to take when single- or double-clicking a contents entry
- To set actions to take when single- or double-clicking an index entry
- To set an index keyword to be inactive
- To set an index keyword to jump to another keyword
- To specify a location for a compiled help file
- To specify a location for the help log file
- To specify a title for a compiled help file
- To specify a title for a window from the command line
- To specify file locations for window types
- To specify the default frame in a contents or index file
- To specify the default HTML topic file for a compiled help file
- To specify the language for the help file
- To specify the location of contents files
- To specify the location of image or multimedia files
- To specify the location of index files
- To specify the size and position of the Help Viewer or a help window
- To specify the title for a help window
- To speed up the HTML Help Java Applet download time
- To split topics in an HTML file
- To start the HTML Help Image Editor
- To store HTML tags or text for later use
- To test changes in the background or foreground color of a pop-up window
- To test KLinks or ALinks
- To use a new icon strip in a contents file
- To view an HTML file as part of a compiled project
- To view help messages
- To view the complete frameset in a browser
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Build date: 4/14/2012
