<:#1136,12960>There have been many macros and style sheets developed for Ami Pro to assist the user in creating RTF files used for creating Windows help files. Being the average macro developer, I decided to undertake a project of developing something a little more to m
y taste. Many of the others are very good ones. HelpMaker just seems to suit me a little better. I hope you enjoy it. If there are any suggestions or requests for additions, please direct all questions to
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<:#852,12960>This application expects you to know the specifics of developing Windows help files. It doesn't go into detail about procedures and rules of help file authoring. There are several sources of information that can be obtained via Compuserve. Go to the WINS
DK forum and browse through the WinHelp library for different files that relate to help file authoring.
<:#568,12960>I would first suggest that you use the menu to define some default settings. Select HelpMaker/RTF Docs/Define RTF Path to specify where you want to store your RTF files. Then, do the same for Project Editor and Help Compiler.
@Indent .35@Creates necessary footnotes for the topic text of a panel. Place your cursor on the same line with the topic, then click on this icon. After creating the footnotes, it prompts you for the panel number.
@Indent .35@Creates cross references jump spots. This function is more designed to work with a vertical list of jumps. It will simply prompt you if you want to make the next line a jump spot or not.
@Indent .35@On my particular system, the sequences of keystrokes that this function will send results in setting the page color in Ami Pro to dark blue. It's helpful if developing a help file with a background color other than white. This may not work the same on you
r system. You can edit the macro to contain the appropriate keystrokes to accomplish this on your system.