The See Also feature links a topic with related/associated topics through keywords. A keyword contains a group of associated topics. Linking a keyword to a topic also links the associated topics in the keyword to the topic. RoboHelp displays associated topics in preview mode and output through a control inserted in the topic or a master page applied to the topic.
You can link a keyword to multiple topics so that each topic displays the same set of associated topics from the linked keyword. You can also link multiple keywords to a topic so that the topic displays a combination of different sets of associated topics from each linked keyword.
If you modify the grouping of associated topics in a keyword, RoboHelp automatically updates all the topics linked to the keyword. If you modify the title of a topic in the project, RoboHelp automatically updates the title in all linked keywords.
Use the See Also feature to simultaneously manage related topics at a project level, that is, in multiple topics. If you want to manage related topics explicitly for an individual topic, use the Related Topics feature instead of the See Also feature.
You can link topics to keywords in two ways—through a topic’s properties or a keyword.
To link topics to keywords, do the following:
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From the Select Keyword drop-down list, select the appropriate keyword. You can select multiple keywords.
The keywords appear below the Select Keyword field. To remove a keyword, click
against it.
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After you link the topic to keywords, RoboHelp automatically displays the topic in each keyword in the See Also panel > expanded view of each keyword > Used In Topics section.
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Click Link.
The topic is placed below Used In Topics in alphabetical order of the topic name. You can associate multiple topics with the keyword.
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After you link topics to the keyword, RoboHelp automatically displays the keyword in each topic in the Topic Properties dialog box > See Also drop-down section.
If a topic is linked to multiple keywords and each keyword contains a different group of associated topics, RoboHelp displays all associated topics from all keywords in the topic. For example, the topic Brochure is linked to two keywords–Sales and Marketing. The Sales keyword has associated topics A, B, and C and the Marketing keyword has associated topics X, Y, and Z. RoboHelp displays the associated topics A, B, C, X, Y, and Z in Brochure.
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If you want to explicitly insert specific related topics in an individual topic, use the Related Topics feature.
To view the associated topics linked to a topic, you must insert a See Also placeholder in the master page linked to a topic or the topic itself.
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To avoid having to insert the See Also placeholder in each topic in your project, you can insert it in the master page.
To view the list of associated topics, you can preview the topic or generate an output. To preview the topic, click Preview on the standard toolbar. In Preview mode and in the output, RoboHelp populates the See Also placeholder with associated topics from linked keywords.
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To the caption, apply styles from options in the General and Styles tabs:
- For information about the General tab, see General tab in Properties panel. Note that for See Also Caption, you can apply only Font, Alignment, and Background options.
- In the Styles tab, select Paragraph Styles from the styles drop-down list and and click a paragraph style to apply it.
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To the topic list, apply styles from options in the General and Styles tabs:
- For information about the General tab, see General tab in Properties panel. Note that for See Also List, you can apply only Font and Background options.
- In the Styles tab, select List Styles from the styles drop-down list and click a list style to apply it.
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By default, the following styles are applied to different parts in a See Also placeholder:
- seealso-caption to a caption
- seealso-list to a list
- seealso-list-item to each list item
These styles are defined in your project's default style sheet (default.css). In a new project, you can control all aspects of See Also styling by copying new classes from default.css.
Use the See Also report to view information such as the list of See Also keywords in your project, the topics associated with each keyword, topic titles, and the folder in which the topic exists. You can also filter the report according to folders.
To generate a report, see Open a report. To customize a report, see Customize a report.
To insert and manage related topics in each topic explicitly, insert the Related Topics placeholder in the topic. To do so:
After you insert the Related Topics placeholder in the topic, the Type field in the Properties panel > General tab shows Related Topic List. You can now add related topics to the placeholder. To do so:
To view the list of related topics, you can preview the topic or generate an output. To preview the topic, click Preview on the standard toolbar. In Preview mode and in the output, RoboHelp populates the Related Topics placeholder with related topics added to the placeholder.
You can apply various styles to the caption and topic list components in the Related Topics placeholder.
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To the caption, apply styles from options in the General and Styles tabs:
- For information about the General tab, see General tab in Properties panel. Note that for See Also Caption, you can apply only Font, Alignment, and Background options.
- In the Styles tab, select Paragraph Styles from the styles drop-down list and click a paragraph style to apply it.
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To the topic list, apply styles from options in the General and Styles tabs:
- For information about the General tab, see General tab in Properties panel. Note that for Related Topics List, you can apply only Font and Background options.
- In the Styles tab, select List Styles from the styles drop-down list and click a list style to apply it.
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By default, the following styles are applied to different parts in a Related Topics placeholder:
- reltopics-caption to a caption
- reltopics-list to a list
- reltopics-list-item to each list item
These styles are defined in your project's default style sheet (default.css). In a new project, you can control all aspects of Related Topics styling by copying new classes from default.css.