Understanding and Authoring
OpenOffice.org Help

• Credits and Table of Contents
• How OpenOffice Help Works
  • Help Ingredients
    • Extended Tips
    • Context-Senstive Help
    • Hierarchical List of Contents
    • Index of Keywords
    • Full-Text Search
    • Bookmarks
    • Help Agent
  • Installed Help Files
    • Help Modules and Help Sections
    • Help Module Configuration Files
    • Help Module Contents Files
    • Help Module Lookup Files
    • Help Module Extended Tip Files
    • Help Module Index Files
    • The Main Transformation Style Sheet
    • CSS
  • Applicatin Help Calls
  • Structure of the CVS Help Modules
  • Building the Help Set
    • Setting Up the Build Environment
    • Makefiles for the Help
    • Help Build Process
    • Adding/Removing a Help File
    • Help Images
• Help File XML Format Basics
  • Document Structure
  • Using Variables
  • Paragraph Roles
  • Definint Index, Contents, and Context Sensitivity
    • Contents Branch
    • Index Branch
    • "hid" Branch
  • Switching Content
    • Switching Complete Paragraphs or Sections
    • Switching Text Fragments Inside Paragraphs
  • Embedding Content
    • Embedding Complete Sections
    • Embedding Text Fragments
  • Images and Icons
  • Localization Information
  • Auxiliary Files
    • Files Used For Building the Help
    • Main Transformation Stylesheet
    • Contents Definition files *.tree
• Help File XML Reference
  • Common Attributes
    • xml-lang
    • localize
    • id
  • Help File (*.xhp) Elements
    • ahelp
    • alt
    • body
    • bookmark
    • bookmark_value
    • br
    • caption
    • case
    • caseinline
    • comment
    • created
    • default
    • defaultinline
    • embed
    • embedvar
    • emph
    • filename
    • helpdocument
    • help-id-missing
    • History
    • image
    • item
    • lastedited
    • link
    • list
    • listitem
    • meta
    • object
    • paragraph
    • section
    • sort
    • switch
    • switchinline
    • table
    • tablecell
    • tablerow
    • title
    • topic
    • variable
  • Contents File (*.tree) Elements
    • tree_view
    • help_section
    • node
    • topic
• Authoring Help With OpenOffice.org
  • Setting Up the Environment
    • Directory Hierachy
    • Installing Import/Export Filters
    • Installing the Supporting Macros
    • Installing the Help Authoring Menu
  • Editing Help File Basics
    • Paragraphs and Paragraph Formatting
    • Sections
    • Tables
    • Images
    • Lists
    • Embedding
  • Character Formatting
  • Working With the Help Files
    • Creating a Help File
    • Opening a Help File
    • Removing a Help File
    • Moving Help File
  • Sections and Paragraphs
    • Where are the Sections?
    • Adding a Section
    • Adding a Subsection
    • Removing a Section
    • Linking to a Section
    • Embedding a Section
    • Adding a Paragraph
    • Editing a Paragraph
    • Paragraph Formatting
    • Creating New Styles
    • Changing a Paragraph Style
    • Changing a Character Style
    • Moving a Paragraph Inside a Help File
    • Moving a Paragraph to a Different Help File
    • Excluding a Paragraph from Localization
  • Tables
    • Adding a Talbe
    • Modifying the Table Layout
    • Deleting a Table
    • Using a Table for Formatting Purposes
    • Addin a Caption to an Existing Table
  • Lists
    • Inserting, Removing, Modifying Lists
    • Interrupting a List
  • Working with Images
    • Help Image Repository
    • Inserting a block image
    • Inserting an inline image
    • Adding an image caption
  • Embedding Content
    • Embedding a Section or Variable
  • Linking
    • Linking to another help file
    • Linking to the WWW
  • Meta Data
    • Setting the topic title
    • Setting the topic id
    • Excluding a file from the search index
    • Changing the initial file creation comment
    • chaning the Last Edited comment
  • Bookmarks
    • Adding a new bookmark with Index Entries
    • Adding Index Entries to an existing bokmark set
    • Modifying Index Entries in an existin bookmark set
    • Adding a new bookmark set with TOC Entries
    • Adding TOC Entries to an exisitng bookmark set
    • Determining a Help ID
    • Adding a Help ID
  • Switching Content
    • Inline Switching
    • Switching complete sections or pragraphs
  • Miscellaneous
    • Extended Tips
    • Sorting
    • Validating
  • Troubleshooting
    • A help file can not be opened
    • A help file can not be saved
    • No help can be opened or saved
    • Paragraph content has vanished on reload
• Appendic
  • Glossary
  • XML Help Document Type Definition