PRB: Vertical Scroll Bars Missing from Windows Help

 Last reviewed: August 11, 1997
Article ID: Q77841

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) version 3.1
  • Microsoft Win32 SDK, versions 3.5, 3.51, and 4.0

SYMPTOMS

The vertical scroll bars do not appear in Windows Help when the window is sized smaller than the amount of text being displayed.

CAUSE

The displayed topic is formatted as a nonscrolling region.

RESOLUTION

Select the topic in the RTF editor and turn off the "Keep Paragraph with Next" formatting. This format is used by the Help Compiler to delimit the nonscrolling regions.

MORE INFORMATION

To remedy the situation in Microsoft Word for Windows, perform the following three steps:

  1. Highlight the entire topic.

  2. From the Format menu, choose Paragraph.

  3. In the Format Paragraph dialog box, cancel the "With Next" check box.

Additional query words: 95
Keywords : TlsHlp kbtool kbprb
Version : 3.1 3.5 3.51 4.0
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb
Solution Type : Info_Provided

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Last reviewed: August 11, 1997
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