The HTML editor supports most common functionalities: styles, fonts, hyperlinks, tables, images, etcetera. Using menu View lets you switch from the WYSIWYG editing mode to HTML editing or to the Browse mode. Pages are automatically saved when you switch to another page or close the HTML Help Editor. Below explains the menu options which are specific for the HTML page editing. Others are explained at the HTML Help Editor page.
Saves current changes on the HTML page.
Opens the Print dialog to print the current page.
Undo last change(s).
Redo last undone change(s)
Cuts the current HTML selection from the document and places it on the clipboard
Copies the current HTML selection onto the clipboard
Paste the clipboard contents into the current cursor position in the document.
Select the content of the whole document.
Opens the find dialog for text searching
Replace Text (ctr-h)
Opens the replace dialog to replace text
Checks the current page for spelling errors. Opens the Spelling dialog if it finds one, else it reports that Spelling check has been completed.
Browse your pages, editing disabled
Edit your pages using WYSIWYG HTML editor
Edit your pages using HTML code editor
Insert a new line without starting a new paragraph.
Inserts a horizontal line
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Insert a picture at the cursor position.
To select the picture press Browse. This will open a file selection dialog in the help project's image folder. By changing the View menu (located top right) to thumbnail you can visually recognize the image you need.
To add a hyperlink first select a text string. Next insert hyperlink opens a dialog.
Choose the T ype of hyperlink you want to insert:
The MailTo command can do more than enter a single e-mail address in the "Send To" field while activating your e-mail program. It can also:
Feature Syntax
Address message to multiple recipients , (comma separating e-mail addresses)
Add entry in the "Subject" field ?subject=Subject Field Text
Add entry in the "Copy To" or "CC" field ?&cc=id@internet.node
Add entry in the "Body" field ?&body=Your message here
Opens a HTML file selection dialog from the BaseFolder. The fastest way to add links between pages in your help.
To remove a hyperlink:
Bookmarks are used to link to a specific location in a document.
Show which HTML style is currently selected (v) and lets you select another style.
Inserts the content of a style sheet in the HTML page. As opposed to Link To Style Sheet File...
Inserts a reference to an external stylesheet.
Removes all linked or imported style sheets.
Opens the dialog to select a font and attributes:
bold (ctr-b)
italic (ctr-i)
underline (ctr-u)
align Left
align Center
align Right
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Inserts a table. The table is of type automatic which means the table's width is given by the width of its columns. The columns width is automatically determined by the browser to give a best fit given the maximum cell content of each column.
Select the table by clicking on it's border and press Del.
Inserts a row below the row with the cursor.
Inserts a column right side of the column with the cursor.
Inserts a cell right side of the cell with the cursor.
Deletes the currently selected rows
Deletes the currently selected columns
Deletes the currently selected cell
Merges the currently selected cell.
Splits the currently selected cell
Open help file with contents tab.
Open help file with index tab. Find topics by looking thu entries which have been manually linked by the help author to the help page.
Open help file with search tab. Find topics by typing in words. On enter a list of all topics appears in which the word(s) appear.