Building an “Always Ignore” list

For greater control over the words and phrases suggested by the Smart Index Wizard, you can create an “Always Ignore” list. This is a list of “noise” words that you do not want to include when the Smart Index Wizard suggests keywords.

When the Smart Index Wizard searches topics, it checks the “Always Ignore” list. If it finds an exact match, it treats it as a noise word and ignores it as a potential keyword. To ignore a word or phrase, it must find an exact word-for-word match. For example, if “radar” is on the list, the Smart Index Wizard ignores “radar” by itself, but it might suggest “space-based radar” as a keyword phrase.

Tip: The Smart Index Wizard creates a special ignore file (ALWYSIGN.WLF) that includes your noise words. This is a text-only file that you can edit in the Windows Notepad. You can share this file with other Help authors, although only one person can modify it. The path to this file is displayed at the bottom of the dialog.