CUSTOMIZING WINDOWS HELP README This build is copyright (c)1996 Dynamic Living Media Known bugs: ---------- One particular problem you may experience is not being able to see hotspots on your monitor in color. Some video cards do not display Windows Help hotspots properly at resolutions higher than 256 colors. Reduce your color depth and this should solve the problem. Large-screen displays using higher than 1024x768 resolution will probably encounter distortion of graphics due to the way many of these high- resolution drivers handle bitmap displays. The graphics and opening screens will not display properly on systems using CGA, EGA or large-font VGA, SVGA and XGA systems. This is due to the way Windows Help handles graphics when large fonts are selected, and you will find that 90 percent of Windows help files have the same problem. This bug occurs on Windows 3.1/3.11 and Windows 95. We recommend the following as a fix: Windows 3.1/3.11: ---------------- If your main problem is the small size of icon titles, add the following line to your WIN.INI file under the [Desktop] section: IconTitleSize=10 (or 12 for higher visibility; the default is 8) You can change this line incrementally to suit. This should allow you to use small fonts and have better visibility of icon titles as well as graphical compatibility with Windows help tools. You can also change the font using (for example, to use the Terminal font): IconTitleFaceName=Terminal Windows 95: ---------- The same applies. It's probably the size of your Start menu text and dialog box text that prompted you to select large fonts. We recommend obtaining a program called TWEAKUI.EXE, one of the free "power tools" from Microsoft for Win95, from Microsoft's Web site or one of several locations on the Internet. We are not giving the URL here since Microsoft has a habit of changing its URLs with alarming frequency, messing up everyone. Instead, try a search for: WINDOWS 95 POWERTOYS ...or... WINDOWS 95 POWER TOYS ...using Yahoo or Webcrawler. Many people have this utility linked to their Web pages. This utility may be used for fixing a lot more than just the size of Start menu and dialog text, and if you're a heavy Windows user you will find it very useful. FREE SOURCE ----------- This project and all graphics have been released as a free Windows Help plug-in. Add it to your own projects with our blessing. The most recent source can be found as: ftp://ftp.gmu.edu/pub/winhelp/helphelp.zip or... ftp://ftp.onyxgfx.com/pub/winhelp/helphelp.zip Both sites are highly recommended for help authors. "Do you have a web site?" ------------------------- We sure do...it's essential for supporting a product like this. Point your Web browser to: http://www.firstrain.com ...to browse our Web site. You'll find support for First Train, news about updates and links to the best free utilities for making the most of your Internet experience with the least possible hassle. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ When redistributing any of the software in this package, you must distribute the complete, unaltered archive supplied. If you only distribute parts of it, the software may not work properly and we may be bothered by complaints from people who have not purchased software or the right to support. Please respect these simple requirements.