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USING ROBOHELP HTML 9
Linking and navigation
View and test hyperlinks
View hyperlinks and identify browse sequences
In the Design Editor, right-click and select Show Topic Links. Or, use the procedure that follows.
Select View > Pods > Link View. The Link View pod appears.
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Drag topics from the Project Manager pod into the Link View pod.
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Click the Project Manager pod.
Open the HTML Files (Topics) folder or a custom folder, and select a topic to view.
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Drag the topic into the Link View pod over the center Link View icon
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Release the mouse button to display links.
Test links in a topic
Select View > Pods > Topic List. The Topic List pod appears.
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Right-click the topic and select View.
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Click links to test them.
More Help topics
"Browse
sequences" on page 205
Link controls
About link controls
Link controls are navigational alternatives to the TOC and index. A link control works like a link and can appear as
text, a button, or an image.
Note: When you update a topic, make sure that its link controls are up-to-date. Deleting a topic or changing a topic title,
topic content, or filename can affect link controls.
Link controls function in the following ways:
• Direct users to related topics and information. Link controls can save users time spent searching.
• Organize information for different kinds of users.
• Manage topic content by keeping information needed by multiple topics in a single topic and providing access to
it from several places with link controls.
• Manage topic layout by inserting link controls as objects rather than as long lines of links.
Types of link controls
Displays a list of topics that you specify. You change the related topics list by topic, according to user
Related Topics
need. Related Topics controls require more maintenance than other link controls. If you add or remove topics, make
sure that you add or remove the topics in each Related Topics control.
Displays a list of topics that you group into a logical category. All topics assigned to identical See Also
See Also
keywords appear in a list when users click See Also. See Also controls require less maintenance than other controls
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