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 |