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     The Microsoft(R) Help File Maintenance Utility (HELPMAKE) creates
     help databases used by many Microsoft applications to display
     online help.
 
     Command-Line Syntax
 
     HELPMAKE [options] { /E[n] | /D[c] | /H | /? } { sourcefiles }
 
     ◄What Is HELPMAKE?►
 
     ◄HELPMAKE Concepts►
 
          ◄Topics►
          ◄Context Strings►
          ◄Links►
          ◄Formatting Flags►
          ◄Control Codes►
          ◄Modifying a Microsoft Help Database►
          ◄Concatenating Help Databases►
 
     ◄HELPMAKE Command Line►
 
     ◄HELPMAKE Options►
 
     ◄Preparing a Help Source File►
 
          ◄Choosing a Source-File Format►
          ◄Setting Up Context Strings and Topics►
          ◄Microsoft Context-String Conventions►
          ◄Setting Up Links►
               ◄Explicit-Link Variations►
          ◄Setting Up Control Codes►
          ◄Control Characters►
          ◄Dot Commands►
 
          ◄QuickHelp Format►
               ◄Using Formatting Flags to Highlight Text►
               ◄Using Formatting Flags for Links►
          ◄Rich Text Format (RTF)►
          ◄Minimally Formatted ASCII►
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