Place the cursor at the appropriate location or select the required text.
Learn the basics of linking in a project and develop navigation in a Help system.
Links facilitate quick navigation from one content element to another with a simple click. While authoring in RoboHelp, you can add links to text or images and direct them to a project file, a file on your computer, webpage, or an email.
The following types of links are available in RoboHelp to help build navigation in your output:
To insert a link, follow these steps:
Place the cursor at the appropriate location or select the required text.
In the standard toolbar, click the Insert Link icon or alternatively, press CTRL+K. The Link To dialog box opens.
If you select text while inserting a link, the Display Text field displays the selected text.
When you insert a link on an image or an image map, the Link To dialog box displays the Alternate Text field instead of the Display Text field. Alternate Text provides alternative information for an image if the image cannot be displayed, or the user, for some reason, cannot view it (because of an error in the SRC attribute).
You can select the type of link that you want to insert from the following options:
Select appropriate options to display the link in the Display In section. For more information, see Display settings for links.
Click Link.
You can preview the inserted link when you click Preview in the standard toolbar.
You can drag and drop a topic on an image or text to automatically create a link to it. To do so:
To add a Screen Tip, select the relevant text, and press CTRL+K. Alternatively, click on the "Link to" icon on top of the editor. In the dialog box that opens, enter the text in the "Screen Tip" edit box. Click Link.
When you hover your mouse over the link, the Screen Tip appears in the browsers as a small rectangular box that contains the text, however also known as Tooltips.
You can create Screen Tips only in hyperlinks.
While selecting a project or a local file, use the Display In section to customize the display of the linked topic in a frame or a pop-up window and its dimensions. The section has the following options:
Once you have inserted a hyperlink, you can right-click the hyperlink to open, edit or remove it. You can also open a hyperlink by pressing the CTRL key and clicking the hyperlink.
To fix a broken link, you can replace it, that is, point it to another file in the project. If the broken link points to a topic file, you can replace it or create a new topic. If you create a new topic, RoboHelp automatically points the broken link to the new topic. You can fix a broken link in two ways–through the Fix Broken Links dialog box or the Broken Links report.
To fix a broken link:
Do one of the following to launch the Fix Broken Links dialog box:
The Fix Broken Links dialog box opens.
In the Broken Links section, click the broken link that you want to fix.
The Used In section displays the corresponding topic in which the broken link exists.
You can now do one of the following:
To point the link to another file in the project:
Click Replace.
In the Broken Links report, you can directly replace a specific broken link through the Replace Link dialog box. To launch the dialog box:
The Replace Link dialog box opens.
In the Replace Link dialog box, RoboHelp automatically opens appropriate folders depending on the type of referenced item to which the broken link points. For example, if a broken link points to an image, RoboHelp automatically opens the assets/images folder.
Locate an alternate topic/image to which you want to point the link. To do so, use the Search field or browse through the Contents or the Recently Used drop-down section.
Select the topic/image and click Link. RoboHelp fixes the broken link and removes it from the Fix Broken Links dialog box and the Broken Links report.
To fix a broken link that points to a topic by creating a new topic:
Click Create New.
The Create New button is enabled only for broken links pointing to topics.
The New Topic dialog box opens.
In the New Topic dialog box, specify the properties for the topic in different sections as required.
The New Topic dialog box has the same sections as the Topic Properties dialog box, except for the File Info section, which is specific to topic properties. For more information, see Topic properties.
Click Create.
The topic is created inside the selected folder or a subfolder in the Contents panel. RoboHelp automatically points the broken link to the new topic.
Click to save the changes.
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