Thanks for the solution you had suggested. I think the workshop program does not support the Word 7.0 files that's the reason it is not recognising the Word 7.0 .rtf file. I could solve the problem in the same fashion like you had written, I had done the rtf file in Word 6.0 and compiled with Help Compiler and now I'm able to make my help file. I'll check it with the latest version of Help Compiler sometime. Thanks.

>I don't know Help Compiler Workshop but I think the problem is caused by incorrect version. Do you know the Workshop program support Word 7.0 files? I advise you save your .rtf file in Word 6.0 mode by use "save as" command and try again. Or, you may look for a new version of Help Compiler Workshop.
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>>I had made a .rtf file using Word 6.0 under Windows 95 some time back to make a help file for my project. After that I had installed Word 7.0 on my machine. Now if I open that .rtf file in Word 7.0 and save it, the Help Compiler Workshop version 4.00.0950 does not recognise that file as .rtf file. Is this some bug with Word 7.0. Kindly help me.