7.6 Providing related-topic links for Help systems
You can include links to related topics several ways. According to usability studies, the best way is also the simplest: create lists of cross references (perhaps under a Related Topics heading) in your FrameMaker document files. Mif2Go converts these cross references to links.
Mif2Go also supports dedicated related-topic links:
• associative links (ALinks) for all Help systems except WinHelp 3 and JavaHelp
• keyword links (KLinks) for HTML Help and OmniHelp.
Dedicated related-topic links are typically displayed in a menu or pop-up window, or in a navigation pane. With limited screen estate, they offer the advantage of not cluttering the topic pane with See and See also entries.
§7.6.1 Understanding related-topic links
§7.6.2 Understanding how ALinks work
§7.6.3 Understanding how KLinks work
§7.6.4 Adding related-topic link keywords in FrameMaker
§7.6.5 Adding ALink and KLink jumps in FrameMaker
§7.6.6 Creating target-and-jump ALinks for HTML-based Help
§7.6.7 Specifying ALink and KLink list-link destinations
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