Special Hot-Spot Characters

When creating hot spots in Help topics, Windows Help assigns a specific meaning to certain standard characters. These special Help characters are described below.

Character Name Purpose
Asterisk (*) Underlined hot spot Specifies that the hot spot should be underlined only. The default green color is removed from the hot spot.
At sign (@) Interfile jump Specifies that the jump is to a topic located in a different .HLP file from the current file.
Exclamation point (!) Macro hot spot Specifies that the hot spot contains a Help macro to be executed.
Percent sign (%) Invisible hot spot Specifies that the hot spot should be invisible. The default green color and underlining are removed.
Right angle bracket (>) Window name Specifies that the topic is to be displayed in the specified window, either the main Help window or a secondary window.

For information about using each of these special characters, see the following sections in this chapter.