Writing Help

The Topic File

The Topic file contains all the text and footnotes for the help system, and is written in RTF (Rich Text Format).

To write your topic file create a new document in Word, and save it in the folder you installed the HC5.exe, in RTF format. Insert a page break between each topic. For each of your topics do the following:

Add a title e.g Welcome to Microsoft Word, then type all your help text

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