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Use paragraph styles to format text whenever possible. All occurrences of the specified style can be changed by editing the style definition.
Use the "Force word wrap off" option in style definitions (Alignment tab) when word wrapping would adversely affect the appearance of columnized text.
Use hanging indents to have text wrap under the first indent, rather than wrapping back to the left margin. In paragraph definitions, set the first and left indents or use the sliders in the tab ruler to achieve a hanging indent.
Don't apply color or underlining to Jumps or Popups in the editor. They will appear with the proper color and underlining when links are established and when the file is compiled.
You can modify a hot spot or an image field by clicking on the field with the right mouse button.
You can select automatic (space or punctuation) or manual highlighting for Jumps and Popups on the Word Delimiter tab in Environment Options, available from the Options menu.
You can set the shortcut keys for cut, copy, and paste on the Keyboard tab in Environment Options, available from the Options menu.
You can set the number of backups (H01, H02, etc.) to maintain on disk on the File Save tab in Environment Options, available from the Options menu.
Use the Link to File for images to save memory and disk space.
You can Jump to any part of a page by setting a Mid Topic Jump at the desired location and Jump'ing to the context string assigned to the Mid Topic Jump.
You can automatically enter the next available context number by clicking on the button with the # sign in the Utility Area below the toolbar.
You can automatically enter a context string, created from the topic title, by clicking on the button with the $ sign in the Utility Area below the toolbar.
You can automatically enter the topic title as a page heading by clicking on the T button at the bottom of the main window.
You can set the icon that will be displayed when the compiled help file is minimized in the Icon Filename field on the Appearance form, available from the Options menu.
You can capture a graphic image of the screen, a window, or a portion of the screen and automatically insert it into your help file with the Capture Image function available from the Tools menu.
You can get a list of all the Keywords used in the current help file by clicking on the K button in the Utility Area below the toolbar. You can then automatically enter any of the words in the list to the keywords for the current page.
You can set and goto bookmarks from the edit menu or use the shortcut keys Ctrl+K (set) and Ctrl+Q (goto).
You can set the background colors for both the scrolling and the nonscrolling regions from the Windows form available from the Options menu.
You can split large files into two or more smaller files with the Save Range sub menu (File/Save File As...). Select Convert Links to "Other Source" to maintain hot links across files.
You can quickly and easily add buttons to the WinHelp bar with the Create Button form, available from the Macros menu.
When you re-define paragraph styles, select "Explicit Re-assignment" to force reformatting with all of the attributes of the definition. Leaving "Explicit Re-assignment" unchecked will maintain embedded exceptions to the style.
You can assign hot keys to paragraph styles and format paragraphs with these styles by pressing the hot key combination.
You can sort paragraphs alphabetically by highlighting the paragraphs and selecting Sort Paragraphs from the edit menu.
You can save time by using the One Page Preview, available from the Build menu, when you want to view the compiled version of a single topic.
You can disable the WinHelp bar, above the editor, for more editing space by un-checking the WinHelp Bar option on the Display tab in Environment Options, available from the Options menu.
You can manage multiple files with one or more authors, on a network or a single user system, with the Project Management function, available from the File menu.
You can set the starting WinHelp window size and position on the Windows form, available from the Options menu.
The Help Magician will scan Visual Basic source code and build a help file shell from the HelpContextID assignments in your application.
The Glossary Wizard, available from the Tools menu, will automatically build a Glossary shell complete with a Close button, an A to Z shed file, A to Z headings, and defined paragraph styles.
The Help Magician will automatically build a Table of Contents, at the current cursor location, based on your topic titles. Select Auto TOC from the Tools menu.
You can find your way around your help system with the aid of the Navigator, available from the Tools menu.
You can find out what topics call the current topic by selecting Links From, available from the Links menu.
You can scan your help file for topics that are not used by selecting Unreferenced Topics from the Links menu.
You can import existing RTF files from Word for Windows, Ami Pro, or Word Perfect for Windows and create help files from them. Select Import from the File menu.
You can export an RTF file without the WinHelp specific information, suitable for conversion to a manual by selecting Export/RTF from the File menu.
You can sequentially renumber all of the context numbers in your help file by selecting Renumber Context #'s from the Tools menu.
256 color images are automatically handled for WinHelp 3.1 with the use of the HMEW.DLL, provided. Be sure to ship this DLL with your help system and install it to the Windows\System directory if 256 color images are used.
You can call pre-assigned or user-assigned executables from the Tools menu. To add programs to this menu, click on the User Defined... sub menu. To delete programs from this menu, hold the Ctrl key down and click on the menu item.
You can conditionally include or exclude specific topics from the compiled help file with the aid of the Build Tag manager, available from the Build menu.
You can press F1 from anywhere in the Help Magician to get help on the current form or control.
You can go to any page number by clicking on the page number text box in the lower left hand corner of the main window or by pressing Alt+P, entering the page number, and pressing Return.
You can go to the first topic by pressing Ctlr+Alt+Home and you can go to the last topic by pressing Ctrl+Alt+End. You can also go to the last topic by entering a number greater than the last page number into the page number text box.
If you double click on a Shed file in the editor, you can view the links in the file and go to any topic referenced in the file. You can also call the Shed Editor from this form.
You can decrease and increase the default tab spacing by clicking on the left and right arrows in the lower left hand corner of the tab ruler.
You can set user defined tabs by selecting the tab type (left, center, or right) by clicking on the tab type in the upper left hand corner of the tab ruler and then clicking on the desired tab location in the tab ruler.
You can go to a Page Number, Topic Title, Context String, Context Number, Next Jump, Next Popup, Next Mid Topic Context String, Next Unresolved Link, Next Paragraph Tag, and Next Image from the Edit/Goto menu.
You can add Multimedia elements such as sound and animation to your help system by selecting the Multimedia sub menu, available from the Links menu.
You can test your Browse Sequences by clicking on the left (<<) and right (>>) arrow buttons in the WinHelp bar, if enabled. See Options/Environment Options to set the visibility of the WinHelp bar.
You can have events happen when your help system is started or when a topic is selected by assigning a Project or Topic macro respectively. See the list of standard macros on the Macro form, available from the Macros/Define Macros menu.
You can maintain context sensitivity between a Visual C application and your help system. In the Help Magician's on line help system, search on the keyword, "Visual C Support".
As you move the mouse cursor over hot spots, the target of the hot link is displayed in the title text box in the status bar. If applicable, the topic number is displayed in the page number text box.
You can turn off Quick Help (the small yellow window that appears when the mouse cursor is moved over controls on the main window) in the Environment Options form, Display tab, available from the Options menu.
You can save a paragraph style sheet from one help system for use in another. Use the Save Styles and Load Styles sub menus from the Format menu.
You can view and/or print the context relationships between topic numbers, topic titles, context strings, and context numbers from the View/Context Relations, available from the File menu.
You can generate a Windows Write file with a listing of all of the hot links in your help system by selecting View/Links from the File menu.
You can generate a Windows Write file with a listing of all of the Browse Sequences in your help system by selecting View/Browse Sequences from the File menu.
You can merge the paragraph styles saved from one help system with those in the current help system by selecting Merge Styles from the Format menu.
You can convert the images on a page or in the entire file from one display type to another by selecting Convert Images (This Page or Entire File) from the Tools menu.
You can spell check an entire help file or just a portion of it by highlighting the text to be checked before selecting Spell Check from the Edit menu.
You can add a nonscrolling region to a topic by selecting Nonscrolling Region from the Format menu. To delete a nonscrolling region click on the Nonscrolling Region sub menu again.
You can save the macros you have defined in your help system for use in another help system. Select Save Macros or Load Macros from the Macros menu.
Browse Sequences are browsed in the order in which they appear in the list on the Browse form. You can re-order Browse Sequences by clicking on the desired topic and dragging it to the new location.
You can test your keywords by clicking on the Search button in the WinHelp bar or the S button in the Utility Area, below the Toolbar.
You can retrace your steps in the Help Magician with the Back and History buttons in the WinHelp bar or the B and H buttons in the Utility Area, below the Toolbar.
You can assign paragraph tags to more than one paragraph at a time by highlighting the paragraphs before assigning the tag. The highlighting need not be exact from the beginning of the first paragraph to the end of the last paragraph.
While editing a Shed (.SHG) file with the Shed Editor, you can use the Context Reference utility, available from the Tools menu, to lookup Context Strings and optionally preview topics in any Help Magician source (.HLX) file.
