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Group and Invisible Group Hot Spots

The Group and Invisible Group hot spots add the topic containing the hot spot to a group or list of groups. This allows the topic to become a destination for a group link. The difference between the two hot spot types is that the text of the Invisible Group hot spot does not appear in the help target.

The Behavior property of these hot spot types is set to Group. The following predefined styles have this Behavior, and the corresponding HTML tag or Word Style can be used when formatting without the D2HML Styles toolbar:

D2HML Style

Corresponding HTML Tag

Corresponding Word Style

C1H Group (Hidden=False)

<span class="C1HGroup"></span>

C1H Group

C1H Group Invisible (Hidden=True)

<span class="C1HGroupInvisible"></span>

C1H Group Invisible

 

The following properties are supported by this hot spot type:

Supported Properties:

Description

Group

This is the list of groups in which to include the topic containing this hot spot. The characteristics of this property are:

      Primary

      Default

      Collection

      Case-insensitive

To create a Group hot spot, select the link text and secondary part, if it exists, and press Group  or Invisible Group  on the D2HML Styles toolbar. Use the Group or Invisible Group dialog box to specify the properties of the link.

Group Dialog Box

Click the More button  to access additional properties. When the More button is clicked while using this dialog box in Word, you may select the Hide Properties in Document checkbox to hide the properties in your source document. To show the properties, uncheck the Hide Properties in Document checkbox, or select Tools | Options in Word and on the View tab, check the Hidden text checkbox.

If you are not using the toolbar, place the link text and secondary part in the corresponding HTML <Span> tag to format it with the D2HML style.

The following table gives you some examples of using the Group hot spot. Each of the following hot spots appears as My Topic in the help target. The secondary part is not visible.

Hot Spot in Word and HTML Editor

HTML Code

Description

My Topic

<span class="C1HGroup">My Topic</span>

The topic containing this hot spot is included with the group My Topic; the group is created if it does not already exist.

My Topic|=Group

<span class="C1HGroup">My Topic|=Group</span>

The topic containing this hot spot is included with the group Group; the group is created if it does not already exist.

My Topic|group=Group

<span class="C1HGroup">My Topic|group=Group</span>

The topic containing this hot spot is included with the group Group; the group is created if it does not already exist.

My Topic|group=Group1+Group2

<span class="C1HGroup">My Topic|group=Group1+Group2</span>

The topic containing this hot spot is included with the groups Group1 and Group2; the groups are created if they do not already exist.

My Topic|group=Group1

<span class="C1HGroupInvisible">My Topic|group=Group1</span>

The topic containing this hot spot is included with the group Group; the group is created if it does not already exist. My Topic|group=Group1 is not visible in the help target.