Hi,
The way I do it is to publish temporarily my Webhelp without any skin* (make it a separate publishing task), and display it locally in a separate browser window. Select the keyword index, and make the window very narrow to contain only the index. Leaving room on the screen for the H&M editor alongside.
You can then see all of your existing index and its structure, and copy and paste anything from it into the Keywords: panel on the Topic Options tab of the current topic which you are working on.
This is much easier if you
don't use IE to display it. I use Firefox and switch on caret browsing (F7) which makes it easy to select and copy text.
It would be great if copy/paste (or dragging) worked from the H&M Index Tool, but it doesn't. But the above method works just as well for me.
how do I
Add "copy and paste" master keyword already in the Index to new or current topic
Add "hyperlinks to" child keyword already in Index to new or current topic
Add new child keyword "how to" NOT in Index to the master keyword "creating hyperlinks"
I'm not sure what you are asking there?
In the Keywords: panel on the Topic Options tab, to make a Master keyword put the text on a new line
without any spaces to the left. To add Child keyword(s) to it, put each one on new line(s) below it,
prefixed with a space or spaces.
If any of the entered master keywords already exist in the Index, H&M will merge the new child keywords into the published Index. If the child keywords are also already in the Index, H&M creates a selector pop-up in the published Index.
hm_keywords.png
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*or at least without a PP responsive skin, which makes it impossible to scroll the entire index. If you are not using one anyway, you could display your live online Webhelp instead, if it is up to date. Another option would be to publish to PDF, if your PDF reader has a text-selection tool, and your screen is wide enough to display the Index section at a readable zoom level, and still leave room for the H&M editor.
cheers,
Martin.
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