Enabling full-text search in Microsoft HTML Help

The compilation settings for Microsoft HTML Help projects need to be updated to include support for full-text searching.

To add support for full-text searching:

  1. From the File menu, select Project Settings.

  2. Click the Compile tab.

  3. From Misc, select Compile Full-Text Search.

Tips:

  • You also need to add the Search tab to the HTML Help viewer so users can access full-text search. For details, see Adding a Search tab.

  • If you are delivering a set of .CHM files as a group and you merge index files in a master .CHM, full-text search is automatically included. Each .CHM should be configured to include full-text search functionality as described above. For more information about combining .CHM files, see Merging HTML Help files.