How do I use the Microsoft Help Workshop?

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Hello,
I am trying to create custom help to display help when a user presses F1. I
have created the help file and saved it in rich text format. The Access help
says
3. Compile the Help file by using Microsoft Help Workshop., but I have no
idea where "Microsoft Help Workshop" is or how to use it... Any ideas would
be appreciated.

Thanks
Melissa
 
Tony Toews has some advice about Help files at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/accshelp.htm

Among what he says is "Don't even think of using the MS Help Workshop. Don't
go there. Don't get into all the stuff. You don't need to. What little I've
seen of all that stuff is that its ugly beyond belief."

I use HTML Help files (.chm) myself, using the Microsoft HTML Help SDK that
you can get at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/vsconhh1start.asp

I've found David Liske's http://www.mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/ to be an
invaluable resource.
 
Melissa,
The Access help says
3. Compile the Help file by using Microsoft Help Workshop., but I have no
idea where "Microsoft Help Workshop" is or how to use it...
Click to expand...

If you want to go ahead and create a WinHelp file with Help Workshop
then you can download it from here:

http://www.helpmaster.com/hlp-developmentaids-hcw403.htm

This comes with a Help Author's Guide that provides extensive
information on how to build WinHelp files. You may also find it
helpful to download the decompiler from here:

http://www.helpmaster.com/help-developmentaids-helpdeco.htm

You can point this at any WinHelp file on your system and extract the
source files -— and then see how the author put the file together.
 
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