RE: Changing Font size in chm files generated by RoboHelp

["Paul Neshamkin" <pauln -at- helpauthors -dot- com>]

Thanks to Rick, and apologies to Bonnie. You might guess that all the .chms
I looked at specified font point sizes. That's what happens when the HAT you
work with most of the time works with Word source documents (actually, it
now supports both Word and HTML source). 

That other list (HATT) has also shared this thread, and there I learned what
I obviously must have forgotten -- the hidden Text Zoom feature in the HTML
Help Workshop. Grahame Fuller pointed out, "Run hhw, choose File > Open,
type "I'm MSDN" without the quotes, and click OK. This unlocks a number of
hidden features, including the Text Zoom button."

Well, back to the old drawing board. 


Regards,
 
Paul Neshamkin
pauln -at- helpauthors -dot- com
 
MS Help MVP
ComponentOne Doc-To-Help Certified Trainer and MVP
WexTech MVP, and Certified Trainer
 
The Paul Neshamkin Group
http://www.helpauthors.com
201-714-9525
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Stone [mailto:rstone75 -at- kc -dot- rr -dot- com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:16 PM
To: pauln -at- helpauthors -dot- com; 'Bonnie Granat'; 'Gurpreet Singh';
techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Changing Font size in chm files generated by RoboHelp

Hi Paul

A simple test of this is to open the .CHM that ships with Internet Explorer.

Open it up, note the text size. Close it. Adjust size in IE. Open the .CHM
again.

My guess is that you aren't seeing changes in the .CHM files you are looking
at because these haven't used styles specified as relative. (100%/125%) They
have used styles specified in specific point sizes. I believe when styles
are declared using specific point sizes, the IE setting has no effect. I
also believe others in this thread have also stated this. I'm simply
reiterating.

And I do believe this is a very common thing to do inside .CHM files. 
Specifying point sizes, that is. ;)

Cheers... Rick :)


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