Drag-and-Drop Linking

If you prefer, you don’t need to use the Link button to create links to topics, keywords, groups, and documents—or the Variable button to insert text variables.

Using drag-and-drop linking, you can create links to your Word source document from the Doc-To-Help Project panel in Word or from the Doc-To-Help application.

  1. Open your Word source document, and arrange Doc-To-Help and the document windows side-by-side.
  2. In Doc-To-Help, do one of the following, depending on the type of link you want to create:
    • Topic or Glossary Item Open the Topics window.
    • Keyword or Group Open the Index and Groups window pane. Click (default) in the toolbar to display the project keywords (Index); click to display the project groups.
    • Document Open the Documents window pane.
    • Variable Open the Variables window.
  3. Select the topic, keyword, group, document, or text variable, and drag it into your Word document. The link will be created in your document.

Note Using drag-and-drop linking will create a direct link to the topic, keyword, group, or document selected. If you would like to choose a specific destination window or bookmark—or specify that the link should appear as a Popup—you should use the Link dialog instead.