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Q170689: Help Author Kit Incompatible With Microsoft Word 97

Article: Q170689
Product(s): Microsoft Press
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop
Last Modified: 25-JUL-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- MSPRESS Microsoft Windows 95 Help Authoring Kit ISBN 1-55615-892-0 
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SYMPTOM
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Microsoft Windows 95 Help Authoring Kit, ISBN 1-55615-892-0, contains a
procedure which produces the following error when the steps on pages 18 through
29 are completed:

  Processing TOPICS\myhelp.rtf
        HC4002: Warning:
     The RTF file TOPICS\myhelp.rtf is corrupted at offset 286.
        HC4005: Warning:
     The .\myhelp.hlp help file has not been created.

MORE INFORMATION
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Microsoft Word 97 produces a rich text file that is incompatible with Microsoft
Help Compiler 4.0. For more information on this problem, please see the
following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q164012 Error Compiling Word 97 RTF in Help Compiler, Help WorkShop.

Microsoft is aware of this problem and has produced a new version of the
Microsoft Help Compiler that will work correctly with Microsoft Word 97 files.
Version 4.03 of the Help Compiler is now available for free download from
Microsoft. Future reprints and editions of the Microsoft Windows 95 Help
Authoring Kit will include the corrected compiler.

RESOLUTION
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The self-extracting archive file, Hcwsetup.exe, contains the Microsoft Help
Workshop version 4.03 and instructions for installing this program.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

  HCWSETUP.EXE
  (http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95/MSPRESS/1.0/W9X/EN-US/hcwsetup.exe)

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available on the date of
posting to scan this file for viruses. Once posted, the file is housed on secure
servers that prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.


Microsoft Press is committed to providing informative and accurate products. This
file is ready for inclusion in future printings of this book. If you have a
later printing of this book, the practice disc might already contain version
4.03 of the Microsoft Help Workshop.

Additional query words: mspress ms_press press bookbug kb3rdparty

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