Creating an Index

An index helps the user navigate through a Help file by listing topics alphabetically. Most OEMs create a general index for the applications that ship on their platform. Do not attempt to alter this index. Instead, create your index in your Help file.

The following code example shows a five-word index.

<A NAME="index"></A><B>Index</B>
<A HREF="inkwrite.htm#pagestyle">backgrounds, yellow</A><BR>
<A HREF="inkwrite.htm#create_a_bulleted_list">bulleted lists</A><BR>
<A HREF="inkwrite.htm#DocCreate">documents, creating</A><BR>
<A HREF="inkwrite.htm#DocWork">documents, editing</A><BR>
<A HREF="inkwrite.htm#mailrecipient">documents, e-mailing</A><BR>
<A HREF="inkwrite.htm#pagestyle">documents, page style</A><BR>
<A HREF="inkwrite.htm#printingdocument">documents, printing</a><br>

To save memory, do not create an index for every Help file. In general, create an index only if the table of contents for your Help file has 10 or more topics.