About Help Author

Microsoft Help Author is an enhancement utility that makes it easier to create Help files for Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1. Help Author provides a way to do the most common Help tasks quickly and easily.

Help Author divides the authoring process into two feature sets: the Help Project Editor and the Help Authoring Templates.

The Help Project Editor makes it easy for you to:

nCreate and edit Help project files.

nAdd topic files to the project.

nDefine and edit project file information.

nCompile Help files from Windows.

nDisplay error messages resulting during the build.

nView the built Help file.

The Help Authoring Templates modify Word for Windows so that you can easily:

nCreate and edit Help topic files.

nInsert and edit topics, graphics, and hot spots.

nFormat topic text and graphics.

nSave topic files in RTF format.

nView partial topic builds in Windows Help.