In my last article I introduced you to merged help and showed you how to create merged Microsoft HTML Help (CHM). This week I will show you how to create links to a merged project.
Create a Link to a Merged Project from Within a Topic
- Using RoboHelp, open a topic in one of the merged projects.
- Select some text and choose Insert > Hyperlink/Popup to open the Hyperlink dialog box.
- From the Link to drop-down menu, choose Remote Topic.
- From the HTML Help file name drop-down menu, choose a CHM file. (If your CHM is not in the drop-down, click the Browse button and open it.)
- From the Topic area, select the topic you want to link to.
- Click OK to close the Select Remote Topic dialog box.
- Click OK to close the Hyperlink dialog box.
You created the link to another project. Please note: Should the file name of the topic in the remote project be changed, the link will no longer work.
Create Link to Merged Help Within a TOC
In much the same way as from a topic, you can also create a TOC link to a merged project:
- Open the TOC and click New Topic Page.
- Click the Link to drop-down menu and choose Remote Topic.
- From the HTML Help file name field, select the CHM file.
- From the Topic area, select the topic you want to link to.
- Click OK to close the Select Remote Topic dialog box.
- Add a title for the TOC page in the Page Title field.
- Click OK to close the New TOC Page dialog box.
The link to the topic is added to the TOC. The same warning I gave you above applies: If the file name of the topic in the remote project is changed, the link will no longer work. Be careful not to change the file name or location of a topic once it is referenced it in another project.
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