Adding Macro Hot Spots to Help Topics

Windows Help version 3.1 offers the option of adding macro hot spots to Help topics, in addition to the standard jump or pop-up hot spots.

To create a macro hot spot

1.1.Select the text or graphic that you want to use to create the hot spot.

Be careful not to select any part of the topic that you do not want to include in the hot spot.

2.2.From the Insert menu, choose Macro Hot Spot.

The Insert Macro Hot Spot dialog box appears.

Note For a complete explanation of each of the entries in this dialog box, see Chapter 8, “Creating Links and Hot Spots.”

3.3.Edit the text in the Text box, if necessary.

If you select text or a bitmap reference before choosing the command, the selected text appears in the Text box when the dialog box opens. If you select a picture that has been pasted into the topic, “—Picture Hot Spot—” replaces the Text box since the picture has no text and cannot be edited.

4.4.Select the macro from the list box that you want Windows Help to execute when the user chooses the hot spot.

Or type the macro name in the Macro box.

Note The list box includes all valid macro names, including abbreviations.

5.5.Type the appropriate parameters for the macro you selected.

Note If you want to enter a complex macro string for this hot spot, you must type the additional macros and parameters by hand.

6.6.Select the Unformatted check box if you want the macro hot spot to appear as authored (no underline, custom color) rather than the standard underlined-green text.

7.7.Choose OK.