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In Microsoft HTML Help and the obsolete Microsoft Winhelp format the appearance and functions of the help viewer are controlled by the help window definitions in Configuration > Common Properties > Help Windows in the Project Explorer.

For details on the individual settings see Help Windows in the Project Configuration chapter. For more information on help windows and what they are for see Help Windows in the Reference section.

Background colors of topics and headers

As of Help & Manual 5 the background colors of topics and headers are no longer set in the help window settings except in Winhelp, where they are actually an integral part of the help window definition.

In all formats except Winhelp the topic and header background colors are now set in the definition of the Default HTML page template in Configuration > HTML Page Templates > Default.

HTML page templates:

The HTML templates for your topic pages are now completely separate from your help window definitions. The standard HTML template is called Default, not Main, and creating a new help window does not create a new HTML page template.

HTML page templates are now created and edited separately in Configuration > HTML Page Templates the Project Explorer.

•	In HTML Help and the obsolete Winhelp format the help window settings define the appearance and functions of the help viewer, including the controls displayed in the viewer, the text displayed in the viewer title bar and how secondary and external windows are handled in HTML Help.

•	In HTML Help and the obsolete Winhelp format the help window settings also define the initial size and position of the help viewer and secondary windows displayed as external windows (if you are using them).

•	In Winhelp, and only in Winhelp, the help window settings also control the background colors of topics and topic headers.

By default only one default help window type called Main is defined. This is the standard window type used for all topics. The settings for Main control the appearance and behavior of the main help viewer in Winhelp and HTML Help.

Windows other than Main are only used to open topics in external windows when you link to them. This is done by specifying the secondary window type in the Window: field in the Insert Hyperlink dialog.