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BUG: Problem in Help File Compiled in Windows NT4.0 (Japanese)

Article ID: 196794

Article Last Modified on 7/11/2005

Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit-January 2000 Edition, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

This article was previously published under Q196794

SYMPTOMS

A Windows help file created with Help Workshop 4.03.0002 under Windows NT 4.0 SP3 (Japanese Edition) has text that is not aligned.

CAUSE

Windows Help Engine/Compiler components that are shipped with the Japanese version of Windows NT 4.0 do not recognize the RTF tags in the Word'97 RTF files of the Help project.

RESOLUTION

Compile the Help project in Help Workshop 4.03.0002 under Windows NT or Windows 95 (US Edition).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft product listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

RTF files created in Word'97 and compiled with Help Workshop 4.03.0002 under Japanese Windows NT 4.0 SP3 have misaligned text when the Help file is viewed in any version of the Windows WinHelp Engine. If the same RTF file is compiled under Windows NT 4.0 SP3 (US Edition), it works fine. This is a bug in the Windows NT 4.0 (Japanese Version) WinHelp components.

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