A Segmented Hyper Graphics (SHG) file is a computer

image file format An image file format is a file format for a digital image. There are many formats that can be used, such as JPEG, PNG, and GIF. Most formats up until 2022 were for storing 2D images, not 3D ones. The data stored in an image file format may be co ...

that contains a

bitmap In computing, a bitmap (also called raster) graphic is an image formed from rows of different colored pixels. A GIF is an example of a graphics image file that uses a bitmap. As a noun, the term "bitmap" is very often used to refer to a partic ...

and optionally a number of

hotspots Hotspot, Hot Spot or Hot spot may refer to: Places * Hot Spot, Kentucky, a community in the United States Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Hot Spot (comics), a name for the DC Comics character Isaiah Crockett * Hot Spot (Tr ...

. This file format was developed for use in

WinHelp Microsoft WinHelp is a proprietary format for online help files that can be displayed by the Microsoft Help browser ''winhelp.exe'' or ''winhlp32.exe''. The file format is based on Rich Text Format (RTF). It remained a popular Help platform from ...

files, and allowed the user to click on different parts of an image to jump to different topics in the help file. SHG files can still be imported by some help authoring tools and thus can be used to create help files in formats other than WinHelp. The SHG format is rarely used for help file formats other than WinHelp. Most other help formats use a method based on

HTML Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser. It defines the content and structure of web content. It is often assisted by technologies such as Cascading Style Sheets ( ...

image maps.

SHG-enabled software

* Microsoft's ''shed.exe'' "Using Graphics Within a Help File"
Q90291, Microsoft the original application used to create SHG files * JGsoft's ''Hotspot Builder'

which can create and edit SHG files * EC Software's ''Help and Manual'

which can import SHG files * Ulead Photo Explorer 8.

which can be used to view SHG files

References

{{reflist Graphics file formats