WinHelp 2000 with Word 2003

My company asked me to learn Robohelp and create a document,
so I learned from Adobe Robohelp 6 but they supplied me with
Macromedia X5. The HTML part works fine, but I need to create a
Winhelp 2000 hlp. output. When I import Word documents into Winhelp
2003, it spews out error messages, jumbles exhibits and headings,
and created Topics and Mid-topic IDs at random--that is, when it
doesn't lock up completely. Am I missing something? I downloaded
updates, so it should work with Word 2003, but its lack of function
is appaling. I have lost days trying to install and then debug this
software on this and am desperate. Is there a fix or a workaround?
I have downloaded a converter for chm to hlp, but it doesn't
output with the proper skin. Help! (And thanks)

Hi
Microsoft offers a compatibility pack for earlier versions of Office that allows, for instance, Word 2003 to open Word 2007 documents. More info:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=3
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/open-a-word-2007-document-in-an-earlier-versio n-of-word-HA010044473.aspx
There will be some Docx features that behave differently or are substituted when opened in Word 2003. These are listed in the second web page link.
Regards,
Sarabjit Singh
QE Lead, Acrobat.com

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