To install and use Help Author, you must have Windows version 3.0 or 3.1. Word for Windows version 1.1 or version 2.0 is highly recommended. If you do not have Word for Windows, please read the next section, “Installing Help Author Without Word for Windows,” to find out how to proceed.
To install Help Author on your hard disk drive
1.1.Insert the Microsoft Help Author Setup Disk into drive A.
2.2.From the File menu in Program Manager, choose Run.
The Run dialog box prompts you for a path and filename.
3.3.Type a:\setup.exe and choose OK.
The Welcome dialog box prompts you to select the files to install. The default selection is to install all the Help Author tools and the sample files.
4.4.Choose Continue. Or, if you do not want to install one of the tool sets or the sample files, clear its check box and then choose Continue.
If you select the Windows Help Project Editor check box, you are prompted for the directory where Help Author will be installed. The default path and directory is C:\HELPAUTH.
5.5.Choose Continue to accept the default directory. Or, to install the Help Author files in a different directory, use the BACKSPACE key to erase the default directory and type a new directory and path in the text box. Then choose Continue.
If you selected the Windows Help Authoring Templates check box in step 4, you are prompted to enter the path for Word for Windows. The path can be either a local path (hard disk drive) or a network path. If you don’t have Word for Windows, you cannot install the Help Authoring Templates. In this case, please read “Installing Help Author Without Word for Windows.
Help Author supports Microsoft Word for Windows version 1.1x and 2.0. The setup program installs the correct templates, depending on which version of Word for Windows it finds in the directory you specify. The version 1.1 Word for Windows templates do not have the toolbar icons but do have the same keyboard equivalents as the version 2.0 templates. If you upgrade from Word for Windows 1.1 to 2.0, you must reinstall the Help Authoring Templates.
6.6.Ensure that the directory given in the text box is the one where you installed Word for Windows, and then choose Continue. If the given directory does not contain Word for Windows, use the BACKSPACE key to erase the current path. Type a new directory and path in the text box, and then choose Continue.
The setup program copies files and then creates a group in Program Manager for Help Author. A dialog box informs you that the installation is complete. Or, if necessary, a dialog box prompts you to restart Windows to complete the installation. In that case, choose Exit to quit the setup program and restart Windows. After Windows restarts, you can begin using Help Author.