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USING ROBOHELP HTML 10
Linking, navigation, and search
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(Optional) Select Use Topic Level Format to use the default format settings.
(Optional) Click Format to change the default font settings.
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Click OK, and then click Finish.
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In the generated WebHelp, all the topic pages show a breadcrumb trail reflecting the TOC hierarchy.
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Create text links
You can create links with most items you see in the Project Manager and TOC Composer. These items include topics,
bookmarks, URLs, baggage files, newsgroups, FTP sites, files (such as PDF) associated with other programs, and
remote topics.
Use Design Editor to create text links
In the Design Editor, select the insertion point for the link.
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Click the Insert Hyperlink button
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Select an option from the Link To menu. Specify the source location in the box.
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If Display In Frame is selected, select an option from the pop-up menu.
If the destination is a frame, this option defines the frameset for displaying the destination
Display In Frame
content. You can select the frame type or enter custom frame information. This option is unavailable for linking to
topics.
Display In Auto-sizing Popup
browser. The window size adjusts to the content. If you have a long topic, use a custom-sized pop-up.
Display In Custom-sized Popup
type a number in the Width and Height fields. If the text goes beyond the pop-up's height or width, the pop-up
includes scroll bars. This option is available only for linking to topics.
Add tool tip text to appear when you hover over the link.
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Select a local topic, bookmark, frame, or URL that exists in your project as the link destination. To filter the list,
click the triangle.
Drag to create links
In Design Editor, select the item in the topic for the hotspot. Select text, an image, or a multimedia object.
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In the Project Manager pod, open the folder containing the destination item (such as a URL in the URLs folder, or
a topic in a custom folder).
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Locate and select the destination item.
(Optional) Click the TOC tab to display the TOC Composer or the Project tab to display the Project Manager.
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Drag the destination item from the Project Manager pod or Topics List pod onto the selected item in the Design
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Editor.
Note: Topics with information types are not supported as links.
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Displays the destination topic in a pop-up window rather than in the viewer or
Displays the destination topic in a pop-up window. To manually size the window,
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