Microsoft KB Archive/67839

PRWIN9012021: Format Bleeding in Windows Help Files ID Number: Q67839

3.00 WINDOWS buglist3.00 fixlist3.10

Summary:

PROBLEM ID: WIN9012021

SYMPTOMS When a help file is viewed in Windows Help version 3.0, text formatting is inconsistent with the source text as viewed in the word processor. Specifically, the area of text with a given format “bleeds” or extends beyond the boundary set in the word processor.

CAUSE If the format of the text in a glossary pop-up box or of a context jump differs from the text that immediately follows the hidden-text context string, the Windows Help compiler ignores the change in text formatting.

RESOLUTION Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Help Compiler version 3.0 which is distributed with the Windows Software Development Kit version 3.0. To work around this problem, format a white-space character (a space, a tab, or a carriage return) that follows the context string to have the same format as the text before the context string.

This problem was corrected in version 3.10.445 of the Windows Help Compiler distributed with the Windows Software Development Kit version 3.1.

Additional reference words: 3.00