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Chapter 8: Linking, navigation, and search
Navigation basics
Navigation options
The following navigation options are available for use in Help projects.
Open the link destination.
Hypertext links
Display an HTML topic in a pop-up window rather than in the default viewer. Pop-ups can be linked only to
Pop-ups
another HTML topic or to bookmarks.
Clickable objects that open a list of related topics. Types of link controls are See Also, Related Topics, or
Link controls
Keyword Links.
These links appear on a Help page and outline the position of the page in the table of contents, or the
Breadcrumbs
directory structure of the project.
The sequence of a series of topics. You define the order of topics in the sequence.
Browse sequences
Find topics that contain search keywords. The search results appear as links in the Search tab of the
Searches
navigation pane. The search keywords are highlighted in the topic pane.
Navigation bars added to a layout using WebHelp as the output type.
In-topic navigation bars
Text links that expand to display additional information, but
Expanding hotspots, drop-down hotspots, and twisties
not other topics. These hotspots are available in browsers that support Dynamic HTML (DHTML).
A window that displays only text, not topics or web pages. Text-only pop-ups are useful for
Text-only pop-up
definitions or details. Unlike regular pop-ups, a text-only pop-up resides in the topic that contains it. It's not a separate
topic.
An image in an HTML topic that contains graphical links to other topics. Clickable areas in the image are
Image maps
hotspots.
A link in an image that takes users to a destination or opens a pop-up. Creating image links is like creating
Image links
text links.
A link that takes users to a specific place in a topic.
Bookmarks
(Microsoft HTML Help only) A clickable object that opens a WinHelp system.
WinHelp topic control
You specify many of these features through settings in the Properties > Navigation dialog box for the specific layout:
Select to include a link to the navigation pane in topics that are opened through
Show Navigation Pane Link In Topics
the context-sensitive Help calls.
Select to add breadcrumbs in the topic pages.
Add Breadcrumbs Links
Select to view the merged TOC in the child project.
Show Merged TOC In Child Project
Click to change the format of breadcrumbs.
Format
(WebHelp, FlashHelp) Select to display the context of topics in search results.
Show Context In Search Result
Select to highlight the search results in Topics. Select the color to highlight the search
Enable Highlight Search Result
results.
Last updated 7/13/2012
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