Using Jumps to Reference Related Information

In addition to creating overall structure in the Help file, you can use jumps to create links between topics that contain related information. For example, the following graph shows a few cross-reference links between topics in our sample Help file.

Figure 8.3. Adding Cross-Reference Links

The cross-reference links let users quickly find related information without having to return to the Contents topic (C0). Cross-reference jumps can be an effective tool for providing multiple levels of detail in the same topic. A topic might contain detailed information that’s interesting to some users, but not all. Using cross-reference jumps, you can hide the more detailed information in a separate topic, as shown in Figure 8.4: