Basic Working Procedures > Configuring Your Output

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This topic lists the settings that control your Winhelp Note that Windows Vista does not support Winhelp. If you want to be compatible with Vista you must transition to a different help format. output. The appearance and functionality of Winhelp output is controlled by the settings in two Project Properties sections:

•	Project > Project Properties > Help Windows

•	Project > Project Properties > Winhelp

For more information on this format see Winhelp in the Reference > Output Formats chapter.

Settings in the Help Windows section:

In addition to the settings in the Winhelp section the configuration and appearance of your Winhelp output is also controlled by the settings in the Project > Project Properties > Help Windows section.

•	See Configuring Your Output - Help Windows for more information.

Settings in the Winhelp section:

The settings in Project > Project Properties > Winhelp directly control the appearance and functionality of your Winhelp output. The notes below explain what the sections are for, which settings you need to check and where you can find more information.

Miscellaneous settings:

These options include settings for configuring Winhelp's full-text search function and some other functions of the Winhelp format. The full-text search index is no longer necessary on modern computers. It is generated automatically almost instantly on the user's computer and it can be left out if you want to make your help more compact.

•	The only setting that is really important here is Limit images to 256 colors ,which will prevent the Winhelp viewer from crashing on computers with screen resolutions of less than 256 colors.

•	See Miscellaneous Settings in Project Properties > Winhelp for more details.

Modular Help Options:

These options control how modular help projects are handled in Winhelp. This is quite an advanced subject and if you are just getting started with Help & Manual we recommend leaving it until later.

•	For full details on all the settings in this section see Modular Help Options in Project Properties > Winhelp.

•	For information on working with modular projects and modular help systems see Working with Modular Help Systems in the More Advanced Procedures section and Modular Projects in the Reference section.

Extended .HPJ Settings:

This section is for advanced users who have experience with the manual configuration of Winhelp projects. If you are just getting started with Help & Manual you don't need to worry about it at all. It enables you to add and modify settings in the .HHP project configuration file that is fed to the Microsoft Winhelp compiler together with all the other project files.

•	For details on using the features of this section see Extended .HPJ Settings in Project Properties > Winhelp.