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Re: Post: Need to convert a Word doc u-guide into help using HTML Help WorkshopI'm somewhat new to the tech writing world. I have several Word user Jennifer, here's my 2c - I suggest you 1. Break up the large docs into smaller ones, each of which will become a single HTML file (a topic). 2. Export each of these to HTML from Word 3. Use HTML Tidy (http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/ ) to strip Word's crud out of the exported HTML files. 4. Build your help project in MS Help Workshop (unless you have access to other tools like RoboHelp or Madcap Flare). Here are a couple of tutorials that should help you get started quick: http://www.io.com/~tcm/etwr2373/planners/ms_helps/Index.html and http://frogleg.mvps.org/helptechnologies/htmlhelp/hhtutorials.html (by none other than Char James-Tanny!). If you need more tutorials, a Google search like this one: http://www.google.co.in/search?q=HTML+Help+Workshop+tutorial&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial ought to give you more results than you can shake a stick at (but why would you want to do that? ;-) The second tutorial link above also has articles that should help you on integrating context-sensitive help into VB/VC++ apps. I'm afraid I'm not quite sure what you mean by "The directories are currently set up in VS.NET solutions" - I haven't worked on help for VS.NET, sorry. It would be a good idea for you to also join the HATT mailing list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HATT/ ) in advance of your need to ask further questions; it normally takes half a day or so while a moderator approves your join request, before you can search archives for answers to your questions - and failing that, post a new query. While TECHWR-L members do answer help-related queries, the HATT mailing list is a specialized list revolving around this area; their archives might provide you with more specific answers to your queries. Finally - yes, you can definitely have images (screenshots or otherwise) in the HTML Help. Both tutorials above should help you on that. Hope this helps... Regards, Ed. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word features support for every major Help format plus PDF, HTML and more. Flexible, precise, and efficient content delivery. Try it today!. http://www.webworks.com/techwr-l Doc-To-Help includes a one-click RoboHelp project converter. It's that easy. Watch the demo at http://www.DocToHelp.com/TechwrlList --- You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- infoinfocus -dot- com -dot- To unsubscribe send a blank email to techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40infoinfocus.com To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Send administrative questions to lisa -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info. References:
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