You can edit hot-spot information for jumps, pop-up windows, and macros. Because this information is significantly different depending on the type of hot spot, the Help Authoring Templates use two dialog boxes: one for jump and pop-up hot spots and one for macro hot spots.
To edit a jump or pop-up hot spot
1.1.Select the hot spot that you want to edit.
You can select all or part of the hot spot, or you can simply place the insertion point within the hot spot. But do not select any text outside the hot spot or you will create an error.
2.2.From the Edit menu, choose Hot Spot.
The Edit Jump Hot Spot or Edit Pop-Up Hot Spot dialog box appears.
Note The Help Authoring Templates determine which caption to display in the dialog box by the formatting of the text or graphic you selected. If the hot spot has single underlining, the template displays “Edit Pop-Up Hot Spot”; if it has double underlining, the template displays “Edit Jump Hot Spot.”
3.3.Edit the text in the Text box, if necessary.
If you select text or a bitmap reference before choosing the command, the selected text appears in the Text box when the dialog box opens. If you select a picture that has been pasted into the topic, “—Picture Hot Spot—” replaces the Text box since the picture has no text and cannot be edited.
Note Although this entry is required, the template does not check the text or bitmap name for correctness.
4.4.Edit the context string of the destination topic.
Note Although this entry is required, the template does not check for the existence of the context string or for correct syntax. It does check for illegal characters, however.
5.5.Select the type of hot spot you want.
6.6.Select the Unformatted check box if you want the hot spot to appear as authored (no underline, custom color) rather than the standard underlined-green text.
7.7.If the jump is to a topic in a separate Help file, type the name of the Help file in the File Name box.
8.8.If the jump is to a topic that you want displayed in a secondary window, type the name of the secondary window in the Window Name box.
Note A pop-up window cannot be displayed in a secondary window. If you select Pop-Up as the hot-spot type and try to enter a name here, a dialog box appears and prompts you to choose between a pop-up or secondary window.
9.9.Choose OK.
To edit a macro hot spot
1.1.Select the macro hot spot that you want to edit.
You can select all or part of the macro hot spot, or you can simply place the insertion point within the macro hot spot. But do not select any text outside the hot spot or you will create an error.
2.2.From the Edit menu, choose Hot Spot.
The Edit Macro Hot Spot dialog box appears.
Note The Help Authoring Templates display this dialog box if the hidden text in the hot spot begins with an exclamation point (!), the symbol used to indicate a macro hot spot.
3.3.Edit the text in the Text box, if necessary.
If you select text or a bitmap reference before choosing the command, the selected text appears in the Text box when the dialog box opens. If you select a picture that has been pasted into the topic, the message “—Picture Hot Spot—” replaces the Text box since the picture has no text and cannot be edited.
Note Although this entry is required, the template does not check the text for correctness.
4.4.Edit the macro string in the Macro box.
Or select a different macro from the list box.
Note Although this entry is required, the template does not check for the existence of the macro string or for correct syntax. It does check for illegal characters, however.
Note If you want to enter a complex macro string for this hot spot, you must type the additional macros and parameters by hand.
5.5.Select the Unformatted check box if you want the hot spot to appear as authored (no underline, custom color) rather than the standard underlined-green text.
6.6.Choose OK.