Tools for creating a help file

[Klaus on-rev]

Hi Pete,

Am 23.03.2012 um 19:17 schrieb Pete:

> I'm trying to decide how to supply the help text for an application and
> wondering what tools people are using to creat help files.
> 
> I'm finding that it is much easier to use a word processor to write the
> help text and graphics than trying to do it within the confines of LC text
> fields.  I can't leave the help text as a separate file because that would
> require the user to have the same wp program I used to create it.  I can
> create a pdf version of it to get round that but I'm wondering if there is
> some way of importing the help text into LC, retaining all the formatting
> and graphics.  Is it possible to open a pdf file and display within an LC
> application without starting a separate pdf viewer program?

you could use a Browser Object to display the PDFs!
Works on the Mac and will surely do on Windows if Acrobat Reader is installed.

> Thanks for any guidance,
> -- 
> Pete

Best

Klaus

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