Office 2000 PrepHelp (The Help Preparation Tool)
Brief Description
Administrators can use this tool to build index files for all Office 2000 Help files. Use this tool when running Office 2000 from a Windows Terminal Server, or when using the Run From Source option to run from an admin installation on a network share.
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Quick Details
| File Name: | PrepHelp.exe |
| Version: | 2000 |
| Date Published: | 1/27/2000 |
| Language: | English |
| Download Size: | 849 KB |
| Estimated Download Time: | 2 min 56K |
Overview
PrepHelp is a tool administrators can use to pre-build indices for all Office 2000 Help files. Use this tool when running Office 2000 from a Windows® Terminal Server, or when using the Run From Source option to run from an admin installation on a network share.
The first time you use a Microsoft Office HTML Help file (*.chm) that contains references to another Help file, an index file (*.chw) is created in the folder that contains the Help file. Without the index file, some Help topics will not be available. Use the PrepHelp tool to build the Office 2000 Help index files before running Help in the case where a user doesn't have permission to create files in the folder where the Help file is located.
Note To run the downloaded file and install the PrepHelp tool, you must be using Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 or later and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 or later, and you must be logged in as administrator or as a user in the administrators group. 
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System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 95; Windows 98; Windows NT
- This download works with the following Office applications:
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Instructions
To install this download
- You may want to print this page to use as a reference when you are offline.
- Download the file from this page by clicking the Download link above and following the instructions in the dialog boxes.
- Close any programs that are running.
- Double-click the downloaded file Prephelp.exe and follow the instructions in the dialog boxes.
Instructions for use:
Run the installed program file Prephelp.exe, located in c:\Program Files\PrepHelp, from an MS-DOS prompt using the following command-line options:
PREPHELP /LockedDown
-or-
PREPHELP [[drive:][OfficePath] [File Name]] [/s]
-or-
PREPHELP [[drive:][OfficePath]] [/lpk:[[drive:][LPKPath]]]
Options:
- /LockedDown - Build index files for Help topics on a computer that has been locked down
- [Drive] - Specify the drive letter where Microsoft Office Help files are installed
- [OfficePath] - Specify the path where Microsoft Office Help files are installed
- [File Name] - Specify the name of a specific Office Help file (*.chm) to build an index for
- [/S] - Build index files for all Office Help files (*.chm) in the specified folder and all subfolders
- [/LPK:] - Build index files for Microsoft Office 2000 MultiLanguage Pack Help files (*.chm) in the specified folder and all subfolders
- [LPKPath] - Specifiy the path where the MultiLanguage Pack Help files are installed
Examples:
- The Office image is installed on a network file server at "C:\Office," the MultiLanguage Pack image is installed on a network file server at "C:\LPK," and Office is installed on client machines with the Run From Source option. To build Help index files (*.chw) for all of the Office Help files on the file server, use the following syntax:
PREPHELP "C:\Office" /s
PREPHELP "C:\Office" /LPK:C:\LPK
- To build Help index files (*.chw) for all of the Office Help files on a Windows Terminal Server, use the following:
PREPHELP /LockedDown
For more information about using PrepHelp, see the Readme file installed with the Prephelp.exe program file located in c:\Program Files\PrepHelp.
To remove this download:
- On the Start menu, point to Settings, and then choose Control Panel. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
- In the list of programs on the Install/Uninstall tab, find PrepHelp and highlight it. Click Add/Remove.
- In the PrepHelp Setup dialog box, click Remove All.
- Follow the instructions in the PrepHelp Uninstall dialog box.
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