Microsoft HTML Help information types

Information types are filters used by the Microsoft HTML Help system to display the relevant topics in the table of contents. They provide a great way for Help authors to customize topics to define how information in the Help system will accommodate the needs of end users. Information types dictate what books and pages users can access from the Contents tab in the viewer.

HTML authors assign information types to topics and users can select different combinations to customize their display. For example, you could differentiate different user levels by marking topics with information types - Manager, Supervisor, and Clerk. Another useful example is creating an HTML Help system that contained three different languages - English, Spanish, and French. By marking the topics with information types, your users could select which language they wanted to see.