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WebHelp Overview<br />

Customization Summary<br />

<strong>Windchill</strong> solutions deliver online help in the WebHelp format provided by the<br />

eHelp Corporation. WebHelp is a cross-browser, HTML-based format that<br />

provides a three-pane window. The top pane contains buttons to select navigation<br />

features, the left pane contains the table of contents and search form for<br />

navigating and searching the help system; the online help content appears in the<br />

right pane.<br />

In WebHelp, the term topic refers to a single HTML file that is displayed in the<br />

right pane of the WebHelp window. The term WebHelp system refers to a<br />

collection of topic files and the corresponding table of contents and full-text<br />

search files.<br />

Several WebHelp systems are delivered with <strong>Windchill</strong>. They are stored in<br />

/wt/helpfiles/help_xx/online, where is the <strong>Windchill</strong><br />

installation directory and xx is the two-character language suffix (for example, en<br />

for English).<br />

You do not need a help compiler or other specialized software in order to<br />

customize WebHelp. This appendix assumes that you have access to the online<br />

help files and a text editor.<br />

WebHelp is a cross-browser format that uses dynamic HTML (DHTML) to<br />

display the table of contents and full-text search navigation tools. The following<br />

table summarizes the customizations you can make in WebHelp:<br />

Customization DHTML<br />

Edit, add, and delete topic content. Yes<br />

Edit existing table of contents entries/links and search<br />

results/links.<br />

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Yes<br />

Delete table of contents entries/links and search results/links. Yes<br />

Add table of contents entries and links. Yes<br />

Add search results and links. No<br />

Change background color of topics and make other basic topic<br />

style changes1 .<br />

Add navigation tools in the left frame. No<br />

Add graphics and text and modify color at the top of the navigation<br />

pane (above the tabs).<br />

Change icons on Contents tab. No<br />

Yes<br />

No

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