More Advanced Procedures > Using HTML Templates

HTML templates are used to define the topic layout of all Help & Manual's HTML-based output formats (HTML Help, Browser-based Help, eBooks and Visual Studio Help/MS Help 2.0). What you enter in the editor defines the content, the templates define the framework in which your content is presented. The HTML templates are stored together with your project, in the internal database in the main .HMX project file.

Where HTML templates are used

The same HTML templates are used for the topic pages in all HTML-based formats. In addition to this there are also separate templates for the Table of Contents, Keyword Index and Full-text Search frames used in Browser-based Help to emulate the HTML Help viewer user interface.

How HTML templates are implemented

HTML templates are linked to help window types. Each help window type has its own template that can be edited separately. To assign a different template to a topic you simply change its help window type in its Topic Options tab.

For more background information see HTML templates in the Reference section.