Creating Topic Files

Titles usually consist of several files, with each file divided into distinct units of information called topics. A topic can be an article, a dictionary definition, a page in a chapter, or any distinct information unit. A file can contain one or several different topics.

You create files of topics using Microsoft Word for Windows. Word for Windows is a text editor that lets you create and edit the text for each topic. Word files contain only the text for the topics. Within the text, you code commands to insert files containing pictures, sound, and animation sequences into the topics. You can also create cross-reference jumps to link related topics together. When you finish, you have all the necessary information for the title defined within a series of topic files.