In the upper-left corner, click and select ALink Names.
In the text box at the right side of ALink Names,
enter the name you want to use with the ALink control.
Click Add.
The new name is added to the list in the upper pane of the Index Designer.
It is displayed in bold to indicate that it is not yet associated with
any topics.
Tip: You can add an
ALink name and assign a topic to it at the same time. Select the topic
from the Topics List and drag and drop it onto the upper pane of the Index
Designer. The ALink name is based on the topic title (you can rename
it). You can also associate other topics with the new ALink name.
Click the Topics
tab.
Select the topic to use with the ALink name.
Drag and drop the topic onto the Topics
for pane in the lower part of the Index Designer.
Continue dragging and dropping until all the topics
you want to use with the ALink name are added. (You can select multiple
topics and drag them at the same time.)
Tip: If you want to
create an ALink name based on the topic title, drag the topic from the
Topic List onto the upper pane of the Index Designer. You can drag other
topics onto the lower pane to associate them with this same ALink name.
Click the Topics tab.
From the Topics List, select the topic.
Click Properties .
Click the ALink
tab.
In ALink Names, enter the ALink term or
phrase you want to assign to the topic.
Click Add.
Repeat steps 5 and 6 for each ALink name that
you want to assign to the topic.
Tip: To edit an ALink
name, select it from the list so it's displayed in the text box on the
ALink tab. Edit the text and click Replace.
To remove an ALink name, select it from the list and click Delete.
Adding ALink names
Before you can add ALink controls, you need to assign ALink names to
topics. Adding ALink names is very similar to adding keywords to topics.
You can even use the Index Designer when adding names. (Users do not see
ALink names in the index.)