Help Images and Icons Handling Before release 2.0: the help file set contained screen shots and application icons in its own archive making it necessary to duplicate each icon used in the application. Controlled by makefiles, online help can be built by using standard build and make commands in the cvs module. Now: the help building process is part of the building process of the application and in the hand of the release engineering. Building Help Before release 2.0: the binary online help files were built using a complicated process inside Sun. Now: all help source XML files are part of the product CVS and available in the helpcontent2 module. xhp Help File Sources Before release 2.0: the nature of the help building process prevented the help source files to be part of the product CVS repository. Now: the help files are migrated to a well-defined, easy and concise XML DTD which was discussed on and is available from. What has changed? Help File Format Before release 2.0: the help files were available in an unspecified, intermediate XML format based on the XML format.
You can find detailed in-depth information as well as instructions on how to work with the new help files in Understanding and Authoring OpenOffice 2.0 Online Help, (PDF version). This section contains resources and information regarding the Online Helpįor 2.0 and higher versions.īeginning with release 2.0 the online help for underwent considerable changes to allow for easier collaboration of the community in creating, maintaining, and improving the online help files.īelow you find some high level information about the new online help.