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When you create a help topic, how many synonyms for a task must you include
in the index?
For example, one of the tasks for which I am creating a topic is entitled:
"Associating a Model with a Category"
I've indexed this topic under "Model," "Category," and "Associating"
But, couldn't users also look up:
"Assigning a Model to a Category"
"Relating Models and Categories"
"Linking Models and Categories"
"Attributing Models to Categories"
Etc., etc., etc.???????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Gina Hertel
Manager, Technical Communications
Alpha Technologies, Inc.
(732) 980-1288 ext. 749
ghertel -at- alpha88 -dot- com
