# msword2chm 0.7 Alpha - Release Notes

This release has been tested on MS Word 365 using basic well-formed Word documents.

Previous releases have been tested on MS Word 2002/2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019 using basic well-formed Word documents.

Installation

NET FRAMEWORK

Download and install the .NET 4.8.1 Framework from www.microsoft.com
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework/net481

Visual C++ Runtime

Download and install the Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable package (x86) from www.microsoft.com
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5638

MICROSOFT WORD 2002/2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019

You need to have Microsoft Word installed

MSWORD2CHM

Launch msword2chm_setup.msi and follow the instructions of the installation wizard

USAGE

• Launch WordToCHM.exe
• Click Browse to select the source Word document
• Click Browse to select the location of the CHM target document
• Click Create CHM to convert the selected source Word document to the CHM format
• Click Open CHM to open the generated target CHM document

Changes in version 0.7 Alpha

• Recompiled against .NET framework 4.8.1 using Visual Studio 2022

Changes in version 0.6 Alpha

• Fix bug: conversion does not preserve whitespace
• Recompiled against .NET framework 4.0 using Visual Studio 2012

Changes in version 0.5 Alpha

• Recompiled against .NET framework 4.0 using Visual Studio 2012

Changes in version 0.3 Alpha

• Added the generation of an index file (.hhk) for the resulting CHM

Changes in version 0.2 Alpha

• Implemented the Browse buttons
• Implemented the 'View CHM' button
• Copy the produced CHM file to the requested output folder
• Include 3 ActiveX components that are required by the hhc compiler