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Once you have created some screenbooks, you can convert the bookshelf containing those screenbooks into a single HTML Help file, like the Windows 2000 and Windows XP Help files.
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Before creating your HTML Help file, you'll need to add some information to the bookshelf, if you haven't already. Select Options from the bookshelf menu.
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The Bookshelf Options dialog for the bookshelf you selected appears.
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Fill in the information, and then click on OK. (The URL is only needed if you want to create a separate RSS file for this bookshelf.)
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Now we've returned to the main window. Right-click on the bookshelf that you want to convert. Choose Advanced - Create HTML Help.
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After a moment or two, the Microsoft HTML Help program will appear. (This free program has to be installed separately. If you do not already have this on your machine, instructions for installing it will appear.)
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All of the files for the bookshelf have already been loaded into HTML Help Workshop. You only need to click on the Compile button to create an HTML Help file for the bookshelf.
Before clicking on the Compile button, you can also add other pages or items. See the Help file for HTML Help for more information.
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Clicking on Compile brings up the Compile dialog. Click Compile.
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The HTML Help file begins to compile. This make take some time if you have many screenbooks in the bookshelf.
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Here the compilation has finished, and the sbooks.chm file has been created. Click to close.
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To view the HTML File that you just created, click on View in Windows Explorer in the pop-up menu for the bookshelf.
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A Windows Explorer window opens. You can see that sbooks.chm has been created.
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In the left pane, you can choose a screenbook. The right pane displays the screenbook you have choosen. You can see that the entire bookshelf now has been packaged into one .chm file. You can email this file, or put it on the web, and anyone with Windows 2000 or XP, or with Windows 98 and Internet Explorer 6.0 will be able to view it.
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