How to insert a meta tag in the head element in htm topic files?

Thank you for your quick answer. I actually tried this yesterday, but it did not work. It seems to me that everything outside the Body tag in the master page is stripped away when the chm files are generated. I tried it again just now, just to double check. (I also entered the meta tag manually in one of the topics, and this came out fine.) So I still think the best way would be to edit the mother file that generates the head element in the HTM files. Is there a way to do this?

Yes! I tried Peter's method, and it worked. (Thank you!) The only problem is that I generate my help files from Framemaker files, and every time I update my project the changes I made will be lost. And as I'm working with about 30 projects, it's not ideal to have to to this manual step every time I generate a help file. So I will still be looking for a way to include the meta tag in the initial head element.

The best solution would be to use a master page, as RoboColum suggested originally. Then the problem would be solved once and for all, by using this master page for all projects. Does anybody understand why this didn't work, or if there is a way to make it work? (As I said, to me it looks like the HTML code outside the body tag gets stripped away when the chm file is generated.)

Peter's solution is a very good workaround, but I'm not marking it as the correct answer just yet..

Yes, of course you're right. So I guess I'll have to leave the master page route. But I'm still hoping there is a way of changing the default HTML code that is written into the HTM topics. It must surely come from somewhere?

(And you're right that the extra step takes short time. But it kind of ruins the single source concept, which I finally felt I had in place...)

Hmm...I was afraid of that. I guess that just leaves me with the search/replace option. But I can't imagine I'm the only one who has this problem, so I think it would be a good idea for Adobe to include an IE compatibility option in future versions (maybe under Tools/Options/General/Generation?) It should be a fairly easy fix. I think I will wait a couple of days and then submit a Feature Request about this.

Yes, that's a good point. Maybe it's just me after all In my first post I called it "various issues with the layout of the help topics". To be more specific, what I've noticed is that the bullet paragraphs lose their formatting (change bullet size and get indented). Also, the edges around the topic text disappear (especially noticeable on top), giving it a bleak, unprofessional look. In addition, the font size/line spacing seems to be slightly different. I haven't found anything else yet, but I expect I would have found more while working. Here is a screenshot of the two help windows side by side, with the "faulty" one to the left:

Yes, that's probably true. But the lists are only part of the problem, as you can see from my screenshots. In addition, the edges around the main text area have disappeared, and the line spacing is narrower (making the text look kind of  condensed). All these issues are fixed by adding the "IE=EmulateIE7" meta tag.

Yes, you're right. The best thing would have to been to avoid the meta tag. I suppose I could start with fixing the lists, and then look into the other things one by one when I get the time.