Developing Help Files

You create Help files using the Help tools. At a minimum, you will use Word for Windows or another text editor, the Windows Help compiler, and the Windows Help application. (For a complete list of Help tools, see the Introduction to theis authoring guide.)

Developing a Help file involves several processes:

1.1.Develop a documentation plan for the Help project.

2.2.Program the application to access Help.

3.3.Create the topic files.

4.4.Create the Help project file.

5.5.Compile the topic files into a binary .HLP file.

6.6.Test and debug the Help file.