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Subject:2 questions about help indexes From:"Kathy J. Nguyen" <knguyen -at- PICKSYS -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 11 May 1999 11:53:19 -0700
Hi All!
Here are 2 questions for all of you help gurus!
Question #1:
I'm adopting an index for a print manual for my help file. The index has
third level index entries. I haven't been able to find a way to create a
third level index entry in RoboHELP. Even when I manually edit the
footnotes in the .doc file type something like the following:
Application Development, file access, general error handling;
What I see in the compiled index is:
Application Development
File access, general error handling
I've never seen a triple level help index, so it probably isn't possible to
create one. I would just like confirmation and/or tips.
Question #2:
Does anyone know how to make a comma in a primary index entry display? I've
tried using a backslash before the comma, but then both the backslash and
comma display. I would like my entry to look like the following:
Attributes, manipulating within items
Please let me know if you have had luck doing either of the above and how
you accomplished it if possible.