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Subject:Re: Offtopic: Need help from a WinHelp expert From:jennap <jennap -at- STINGSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 8 Aug 1997 11:57:09 -0400
What I have found (and I do use HW 4.0) is that the .rtf files have to
be saved in Word 7.0, not 97 (8). IOW, you have to have Word 95
(version 7) and save it in .rtf from there. the .rtf from Word 97 does
something funky that can screw up your help files and prevent successful
compilation.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Melanie Palmer [SMTP:melanie -at- CRAB -dot- WA -dot- GOV]
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 1997 10:57 AM
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> Subject: Re: Offtopic: Need help from a WinHelp expert
>
> KRIS, in order for your .rtf's created in Word 97 to work, you must
> have
> the 4.0 Winhelp,
> you can find it here:
>
>ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles look for hcwsetup.exe
>
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