Help with MS Word Help

[MartinLiss]

In older versions of MS Word I could set an option which caused the Word Help window to stay on top when opened. Can anyone tell me how to do that with MS Word 2002 running under XP?

[kleinma]

Originally posted by MartinLiss
In older versions of MS Word I could set an option which caused the Word Help window to stay on top when opened. Can anyone tell me how to do that with MS Word 2002 running under XP?

your talking about the F1 help right??? I dont think you can do that anymore.. the help system is in HTMLHELP.. and I dont know of anyway to make it stay on top... you could always write a little app to do it via API

[MartinLiss]

Bummer!

[kleinma]

why do you need the help to be "on top" I usually just alt tab my way between 2 windows when i need both

[MartinLiss]

Help often has Step1 - Step2 - Step3 - Stepn directions and I'd like to be able to following those directions without having to Alt-Tab each time the Help screen loses focus.

[kleinma]

ahh.. so why not do what i said and just make a little app that will make it stay on top via an API call

[MartinLiss]

I've never done VBA.

[parksie]

I doubt you'll find it an issue. There are a few language differences, but within Office, it feels just like VB. You can even use Declare (I managed to build a registry editor out of a Word document).

[MartinLiss]

Any hints on how to get started, like the API to use, etc.?

[siyan]

Originally posted by parksie
I doubt you'll find it an issue. There are a few language differences, but within Office, it feels just like VB. You can even use Declare (I managed to build a registry editor out of a Word document).

Make it print a log of the actions to the document.