Flash HelpPanel Font Size - Cs3

I am writing this tech note because I had to scrabble around trying to figure out why the font size in my Flash HelpPanel was really really tiny. It turns out to be a two-part solution.

First and foremost, the HelpPanel uses font size settings from Internet Explorer -- of course it would, why wouldn't it?? So, close Flash, go into IE and choose a better font size (in my case, I had to put it to 'Larger').

If this still doesn't get you the font size you like, you can then execute the more advanced maneuver of editing Flash's HelpPanel stylesheets, which can be found in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\en\First Run\HelpPanel\_sharedassets\help_[myPlatform].css. In my case, myPlatform is the PC, so I edited help_pc.css. Go to the body tag and change the font-size attribute -- however, keep it in terms of em units; I tried using px units to no avail.

Note: I am not entirely sure the second step has any effect... it may have an effect on some help pages and not others. However, this technique is documented elsewhere as working in Flash 8, so there you are.