nInsert a hard page break (CTRL+ENTER in Word for Windows) at the end of the text block that you want to become a topic.To identify a unit of text as a topic, you insert a hard page break in the topic file. The Help compiler treats all the information between page breaks as one topic.
To identify a new topic
nInsert a hard page break (CTRL+ENTER in Word for Windows) at the end of the text block that you want to become a topic.
The “page” defines the topic boundaries.
Figure 6.3 shows two sample topics as they appear in Word for Windows: “Topic A” and “Topic B.”
In addition to the page break, each topic also includes a context string identifier, and most topics have a title.
| Topic footnote | Description |
| Context string | Unique identifier for the topic that the compiler uses as a reference. The context string is used to identify individual topics and to create links between topics in the Help file. The context string is required. |
| Title | Descriptive name for the topic. The topic title provides an identifying link between the name displayed in Help dialog boxes, such as Search and History, and the actual topic heading displayed in the Help window. |
For complete information about these and other topic footnotes, see the “Understanding Topic Footnotes” section and following sections in this chapter.