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Clview.exe will still try to access the internet. It's part of Web
Expression.
The Help viewer is bundled with Windows 7. I've tried viewing .chm files on
a clean install and they work. Double check on your users' typical
configuration to make sure since Service Packs will continue to be
distributed. However, there was time during XP and early Vista when
Microsoft plans were different and they were not planning to continue with
HTMLHelp. Always test and make sure to test on your users' typical
configuration.
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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+sbuckley=onlinewriter -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Robert Lauriston
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 4:21 PM
To: TECHWR-L Writing
Subject: Re: CHMs, DFDs, and TGIF
Office 2007's help is not all on the Web, and there's a little
drop-down menu at the bottom right of the help viewer (clview.exe)
that lets you choose between "Show content from Office Online" and
"Show content only from this computer."
The HTML Help viewer (hh.exe) is still bundled with Windows.
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 3:42 PM, sbuckley <sbuckley -at- onlinewriter -dot- com> wrote:
> The new Help you're seeing (Office and that) is actually all on the Web.
> They make it look a bit different than a regular browser experience
because
> they want it to meld with the program for which the user is getting Help.
> As far as I know there is no way for an outside company to write for that.
> You would need to work with your own company Web site to do something
> similar. MS is doing this work so that they can provide up to date Help.
>
> You can still provide .chm as long as the viewer is available on the
user's
> computer. As noted in another post earlier MS is still providing .chm
files
> so more than likely the .chm viewer is there. Test on a computer you
think
> your users will have to make sure. Otherwise you can, last I looked,
> provide the .chm viewer as part of your install.
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