There is nothing in Excel or Office that facilitates the creation of
help files. You could write the help as a Word document and then
create a PDF from that, using Adobe or compatible software. If you
really want to do it right, you'd need a dedicated help system
authoring/editing application. I use Help & Manual 5 for creating help
files and find it very easy to use.

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP 1998 - 2010
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
[email on web site]




On Wed, 5 May 2010 12:07:01 -0700, Grey Old Man
wrote:

Does anyone have any experience of creating documentation accessible through
the Excel Help menu item?

I have successfully created a series of Excel 2002 templates and wish to
create a user guide for them. My work environment prohibits downloads or
specialised software, so RoboHelp, etc is not an option.

My initial thoughts are to write a macro that opens a Word document full of
hyperlinks. Has anyone been more creative?

Thanks in anticipation.