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Since we're on the topic of inappropriate terms, I think that the
analogy of Master and Slave is something we should all be striving to
eliminate from our vernacular...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Burns, Nancy [SMTP:nburns -at- BREAULT -dot- COM]
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 1997 6:03 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Multiple Help Files
>
> We use HDK help authoring to create a series of help files that are
> linked
> together for purposes of creating a global Contents and Index. In HDK,
> you
> designate one help file as the master file and all others as the
> "slave"
> files. We can link topics from one help file to another. The separate
> help
> files are transparent to the user of the help system - it looks like
> one
> help file.
>
>
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