Assigning Index Keywords

You can associate multiple index keywords with each topic. Viewer uses these entries with the Index dialog box. This dialog box displays a list of index keywords and associated topics. The user can jump to a listed topic from the Index dialog box.

Because a keyword search is a fast way for users to access Viewer topics, you should assign index keywords to most topics in your topic files. You use an uppercase K footnote to create index entries for a topic.

·To assign an index keyword to a topic:

1.Place the cursor at the beginning of the topic text.

2.From the Insert menu, choose Footnote, and enter an uppercase K as the footnote reference mark. A superscript K ( K ) appears next to the heading.

3.Click in the footnote window and type the topic index keywords as the K footnote. Make sure only one space exists between the K and the first index keyword.

If you have more than one index keyword, separate each keyword with a semicolon (;) and place a semicolon after the last index keyword. For example, you might type the following index keywords for the “Kentucky: Economy” topic:

Chemicals;Tobacco;Cattle;Soybeans;Dairy;Corn;Hay;Coal;Stone;
Petroleum;Natural Gas;Tennessee Valley Authority;Kentucky Dam;
Mammoth Cave National Park;Kentucky Derby; 

These would appear as follows:

4.Click in the text window to return to the topic text.