Keywords and index comparison

Online indexes are similar to those you’d find in the back of a book – alphabetical listings of terms designed to quickly direct users to topics that best answer their questions. The following information explains how they work in WinHelp and HTML Help.

WinHelp

Microsoft HTML Help

Topic keywords saved in footnotes

Topic keywords saved in HTML files

No separate index file

Index keywords saved in .HHK file

Two-level or single-level keywords

Multi-level or single-level keywords

Merged indexes from other WinHelp systems

Merged indexes from other HTML Help systems

K-Link macro (based on K-Keywords)

Keyword link controls topics (created from index file keywords and topic keywords)

Not available

Keywords that jump to other keywords in the index (cross-references)

Not available

Keywords that open email messages, Web sites, FTP sites, newsgroups, multimedia files, external HTML topics