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March 25, 2008
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Can someone recommend a web site that shows examples of HTML Help and offer ideas for innovative authoring?

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Correct answer Pete_Lees

Hi, harooki2,

Here are a few more resources that you may want to take a look at.

Scott Boggan's "Microsoft HTML Help Design Techniques". Provides examples (some of which are now deprecated), of how to use features like data binding, Persistence, Internet Explorer behaviors, and HTML+TIME in HTML Help.

http://helpman.it-authoring.com/viewtopic.php?t=6220
Simon Jones' "HTML-based Help tips". Provides examples of how to create non-scrolling regions, feature-rich popup windows, and show/hide paragraphs, and how to copy-protect the help content (to some degreee, anyway).

http://www.simon-jones.org.uk/help.htm
Scott Prentice's sample files. Include examples of how to update the contents of an HTML Help file without recompiling it.

http://www.leximation.com/downloads
Adobe's "HTML Help Sample Projects". Include examples of how to use frames and dropdown lists in HTML Help.

http://www.adobe.com/support/robohelp/htmlhelp.html

Pete

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Hi, harooki2,

Here are a few more resources that you may want to take a look at.

Scott Boggan's "Microsoft HTML Help Design Techniques". Provides examples (some of which are now deprecated), of how to use features like data binding, Persistence, Internet Explorer behaviors, and HTML+TIME in HTML Help.

http://helpman.it-authoring.com/viewtopic.php?t=6220
Simon Jones' "HTML-based Help tips". Provides examples of how to create non-scrolling regions, feature-rich popup windows, and show/hide paragraphs, and how to copy-protect the help content (to some degreee, anyway).

http://www.simon-jones.org.uk/help.htm
Scott Prentice's sample files. Include examples of how to update the contents of an HTML Help file without recompiling it.

http://www.leximation.com/downloads
Adobe's "HTML Help Sample Projects". Include examples of how to use frames and dropdown lists in HTML Help.

http://www.adobe.com/support/robohelp/htmlhelp.html

Pete

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Hi harooki2.
In addition to Rick's suggestion you could also do worse than look at the help in the applications you use every day (e.g. email, image capture, timesheet, even RoboHelp).

Captiv8r

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Excellent point, Colum!

Happy Tuesday... Rick

Captiv8r

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Hi harooki2

I'm not sure how "innovative" you may think they are, but I've got several freely downloadable HTML Help (.CHM format) files on my site.

* Tips and Tricks
* Skinny on Skins
* Top Ten RoboHelp Misunderstandings
* Etc.

Maybe they will give you some ideas?

Cheers... Rick

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