DOCUMENT:Q170689  29-JUL-1997  [mspress]
TITLE   :Help Author Kit Incompatible With Microsoft Word 97
PRODUCT :Microsoft Press
PROD/VER:4.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:kbinterop

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows 95 Help Authoring Kit
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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:

   Article-ID: Q164012
   Title     : 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
Software Library:

 ~ HCWSETUP.EXE

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software
Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

 ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
 TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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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Keywords          : kbinterop
Version           : 4.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Solution Type     : kbfile

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