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.

  1. Open your Word source document.
  2. Open the Doc-To-Help Project panel (Project ribbon>Project Panel).
  3. In the Doc-To-Help Project panel, select the appropriate window pane for the type of link you want to create:
    • Document Select the Documents window pane.
    • Keyword or Group Select the Index and Groups window pane. Click (default) in the toolbar to display the project keywords (Index); click to display the project groups.
    • Topic Select the Contents window pane.
    • Variable Select the Variables window pane.
  4. Select the topic, keyword, group, document, or variable you want to link to, and drag it into your 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.