Book or Page Properties dialog - General tab

This information applies to the General tab at both the Book and Page Properties dialogs. Use the General tab to create a new book or page for the table of contents.

Title: Assigns a title for the book or page (this text is displayed in the table of contents).

Destination: Identifies the topic that opens (or action that occurs) when users select the book or page. Possible destinations include:

Select: If the destination is Multimedia or Remote Topic, the Select button is available. It opens a dialog for browsing drives/folders and selecting the file to use as the destination.

Tip: The field above the Topic list displays the destination after it is selected.

Topic: Displays the list of all topics, bookmarks, framesets and URLs in the project.

All Folders: Displays topics in all folders in the project.

To filter the list, click and select the appropriate folder from the list.

New Topic: Creates a new topic to use as the destination for the book or page.

Find Topic: Locates topics in the project to use as the destination. Searches include topic titles and file names, as well as topics with a certain status, modified date or priority.

Type options:

Specifies how the book or page functions when clicked in the table of contents.

Selected Topics options:

When Use Information Types is selected, assigns topics to information types. This list displays topics after they are selected.

Adds the topic selected from list on the left (Topics) to list on the right (Selected Topics). After it is added, the topic can be assigned to an information type.

Removes the topic from the list on right (Selected Topics). After it is removed, the topic cannot be assigned to an information type.

Info Types: Selects information types and assigns them to the book or page.