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Guide
Creating Jumps
A jump is a word, phrase, or graphic in a help topic that causes the help engine to immediately display a different help topic. If the window type specified for the second help topic is the same as that of the original topic, then the second topic replaces the original help topic in the help window. If the window type for the second topic is different from that of the original topic, the help engine launches a window of that type and displays the second topic in it. (For an example of how the user executes a jump, see the "Hypertext Links" section in Overview of Help System Development.")
NOTE: You can also create jumps that execute help macros. For more information, see the "Using Help Macros" section in this chapter.Follow these steps to create a jump using MS-Word:
- Highlight the word, phrase, or graphic reference you want to use as a jump.
- Choose Format
Font.
The Font dialog box appears.
- Select Double underline (or strikethrough).
- Choose OK to close the Font dialog box.
- Move the cursor to the end of the underlined text. Be certain there is no space between the word and the cursor and be careful not to include the paragraph mark.
- Choose Format
Font (again).
The Font dialog box appears.
- Choose Hidden.
- Choose OK to close the Font dialog box.
- Enter the topic ID of the destination topic for the underlined word, phrase, or graphic reference.
The text you enter should appear with a dotted underline, to indicate that it has the hidden formatting attribute.
In the example shown below, the phrase “jump” (formatted as double underline text) is the jump text. The text string “Destination_Topic_B” (formatted as hidden text) is the topic ID of the destination topic assigned to the jump:
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The following example shows a jump created with a graphic. When the user clicks on the graphic, the help engine displays the topic identified by the topic ID “Destination_Topic_B”:
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When creating a jump with a graphic that you have placed by reference, the entire reference-including the help statement and the curly braces-serves as the link text. (For information about referencing graphics in a help topic, see the "Placing Graphics By Reference" section in this chapter.)
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