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From: jmorriso@fs0.ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: MS Windows Help format
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Date: 3 Jul 90 04:48:04 GMT
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Reply-To: jmorriso@fs0.ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison)
Organization: Dept. of Electrical Engineering University of B.C.
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Does anyone know what format MS WIndows uses for its Hypertext like
help system? And what applications are there that will let me write
help files? Please don't tell me I need the SDK!! The functionality
built into it seems great for writing down a mini database that I
could use to keep track of details, or give to other people to get
them going on things.

Help part two: I installed Excel, and I can't get it to use its help
file (MS Windows 2.x WHELP format). I tried running WHELP with a command
argument having the excel help file name, but it doesn't seem
to recognize the command arguments. The WHELP program was installed
by MS Word for Windows. Excel didn't install one. Does anyone know
how I can get Excel's help running? Or better yet convert the old 
help file into the new WINHELP format.

Thanks
jp