A hot spot is a region within a Help topic that users can interact with. Help changes the mouse pointer to a hand when the pointer passes over a hot spot. The user can click the mouse to initiate the action associated with the hot spot.
You can format the following elements as hot spots.
| Element | Description |
| Text | A contiguous series of characters. |
| Picture | A single picture. |
| Hypergraphic | A rectangular region defined on top of a special picture called a hypergraphic. |