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Subject:index question From:Brenda Stewart <brenda -at- MCCABE -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 27 Jan 1999 14:32:06 -0500
I am creating a windows 95 help index using ForeHelp 3. I have noticed
that when I enter K keywords (main keywords and subkeywords), if I add a
subkeyword to a topic, that same topic is automatically added to the
main keyword. This is not what I want. It makes no sense because then
every topic that is in the subkeywords is automatically in the main
keyword. So, when a user views the index, the main keyword has lots of
topics (and they are repeated in the subkeywords whether I want them to
be or not). I'd prefer for the main keyword topics to not automatically
include the topics I specify for the subkeywords. So, my question
is....Is this a Windows help issue or a ForeHelp issue? When I called
ForeHelp, they say it is a Windows help issue. But, I have seen Windows
help files that have main keywords that do not have the same topics as
the subkeywords. Is there a work around?
Please respond to me directly (brenda -at- mccabe -dot- com) because I receive this
list in digest form.
Thanks in advance!
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Brenda Stewart
Senior Technical Writer
McCabe & Associates
Phone: 410-872-0624 ext. 249
Fax: 410-872-1018