16. Producing on-line Help

You can use DITA2Go to generate various forms of on-line Help. Special settings are available for Microsoft Windows Help (WinHelp), Microsoft HTML Help, OmniHelp, Oracle Help for Java, and JavaHelp. This section addresses issues that are common to most or all Help systems. Topics covered:

§16.1 Weighing Help-system alternatives

§16.2 Completing Help system construction

§16.3 Producing contents and index for Help systems

§16.4 Configuring contents entries for Help systems

§16.5 Configuring index entries for Help systems

§16.6 Providing related-topic links for Help systems

§16.7 Jumping to secondary windows in Help systems

§16.8 Creating pop-up topics for Help systems

§16.9 Including expandable sections in Help topics

§16.10 Setting up Context Sensitive Help (CSH)

§16.11 Setting up a dynamic modular Help system

For strategies and configuration settings that are specific to a particular Help system, see the following:

§17. Generating WinHelp

§18. Generating Microsoft HTML Help

§19. Generating OmniHelp

§20. Generating JavaHelp or Oracle Help

§21. Generating Eclipse Help

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Parent Topic:  III. Configuring on-line Help output

Sibling Topics:

17. Generating WinHelp

18. Generating Microsoft HTML Help

19. Generating OmniHelp

20. Generating JavaHelp or Oracle Help

21. Generating Eclipse Help

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