Creating an associative link or see also link is a two-step process. First you need to add an A-link keyword to the topic page you want to link to. Then you create a link by referencing the A-link keyword.

Note   The following procedures assume that the character style Link Text is mapped to a LINK, and that the character style Link ID is mapped to an LINKID. All templates and themes installed with Help Producer create these mappings automatically. If you do not use a Help Producer template and theme, you need to establish the style mapping yourself. See the topic Style Mappings for details.

Create an associative link keyword

1. Navigate to the topic you want to link to.
2. Do one of the following:

   Create a topic ID

   1. Right-click the topic heading, and click Topic Properties.
   2. In the Topic ID edit field, enter a unique topic identifier. For compatibility reasons, you should not use spaces inside the identifier.
   3. Click OK to create the topic ID.

   Create an associative link keyword

   1. Right-click the topic heading, and click Topic Properties.
   2. Click the tab A-Links and enter one or more associative link keywords. For compatibility reasons, you should not use spaces inside the identifier.
   3. Click OK to create the topic ID.

   Insert an associative index entry field

   1. Inside the topic, press CTRL+F9 to insert a field.
   2. Type '\HP AddKeyword A, keyword' without the quotes. Substitute keyword with a unique name of the A-link keyword. For compatibility reasons, you should not use spaces inside the keyword.

Create an associative link

1. Select the text that you want to display as the link.
2. Right-click the selection and click Topic Link. The shortcut is CTRL+SHIFT+K.
3. In the Link ID field, enter the topic ID or the A-link keyword of the topic you want to link to. Separate multiple topic IDs with a semicolon.
4. In the Type combo-box, select A-link.
5. Click OK to create the automatic link.

Create an associative link manually

1. Select the text that you want to display as the link.
2. Apply the character style Link Text to the selected text.
3. Immediately following the link text, type the macro !ALink(id), where id is the topic ID or the A-link keyword. Do not put a space in-between the link text and the macro.
4. Select the A-link macro.
5. Apply the character style Link ID to the selected text.

See Also

Linking Topics | Using Styles Efficiently