Adding full-text search stop list files

You can add a full-text search stop list file to a Microsoft HTML Help project that includes a Search tab. This feature decreases the size of the full-text search file (because fewer words are included), resulting in a smaller compiled .CHM file.

The full-text search stop list file decreases the amount of time it takes to search for words. It is a text file that contains a list of "noise" words to omit from a search. Noise words are common words or numbers such as "the," "and," "1, 2, 3," etc. that users most likely will not want to find while searching for topics.

 

Tips:

  • After you add the file, you can click Edit from the Advanced tab and make changes to it from a dialog.

  • Microsoft HTML Help Workshop 1.2 provides a standard full-text search stop list that you can copy and use with your own .STP file. See the Microsoft HTML Help Workshop Help system (version 1.2) for details.

  • From the Compile tab, make sure Compile Full-Text Search is selected. This adds the feature to the compiled HTML Help project (.CHM file).

  • You also need to add the Search tab to your project's main window so users can access full-text search from the HTML Help viewer. For more information, see Adding a Search tab.