The Index Designer is a left-hand tab component in the program window. It is divided into two panes that make it quick and easy to build an index and add ALink names to your project. The Index Designer includes the following:
Index/ALink Names drop-down: Select the type of feature you want to work with from this drop-down list. Index provides a way for you to add keywords to your index. ALink Names provides a way for you to add ALink names to your project and assign topics to them.
Keyword text box: The text box provides a way for you to enter keywords or ALink names directly into the Index Designer.
Add button: After you enter a keyword or ALink name in the text box, you click this button to add it to the project.
Keyword pane: The top pane displays all the keywords or ALink names in your project. You can drag topics from the Topic List and drop them into this pane to add new items.
Keyword list: As you add keywords to the index, your keyword list is built. The keywords displayed in the Index Designer are the ones users see from the Index tab (users do not see ALink names in the compiled index).
Keyword icons: You can add both topic keywords and index file keywords. The Index Designer identifies each keyword type with a unique icon.
Index
file (.HHK) keywords:
Topic
keywords:
Topics for: The lower pane displays all topics that are associated with the keyword or ALink name that is selected from the Keyword pane.
Tip: You may need to resize the panes to view them both. For more information, see Adjusting pane widths.