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Trustwriter
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July 14, 2009
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Exclude Topics from Search

  • July 14, 2009
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Hello,

I am looking for a way to exclude published topics, pop-ups, etc., from Search after publishing in WebHelp.  We are using RH7 HTML.  I searched the forum but I couldn't find a thread on this.  I would appreciate any information anyone could provide about my question.  Thanks,

TW

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Peter Grainge
Peter Grainge
Community Expert
July 15, 2009

You want to exclude published topics and popups. What's left?

RoboHelp 8 has an option in Topic Properties to exclude that topic and Rick Stone has a method that does the job for earlier versions. It is the same as described here (I think).

http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2008/04/excluding_content_from_being_searched_in_robohelp_projects.html

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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Cal_Wilson
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October 30, 2009

Can someone help me determine what I am missing? I have searched the forum, but I have not found any helpful information regarding this specific issue.

I am using RH8.

I selected the Topic Properties > Exclude from Search option. The topic is excluded from searches in WebHelp. The topic is NOT excluded from searches in HTML Help (.chm files). What am I missing?

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Cal_Wilson
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August 25, 2011

What I have found is that if TOC and the topic has a CBT then it still shows up in the search. If you only put the CBT on the topic and not the TOC then it doesn’t show in the search. Weird but true, tested on multiple builds.

Thanks everyone for their input.

Cheers

Debbie


Debbie (or others that might still be listening),

Having been in this thread in 2009, all the comments have peaked my curiosity.

I am hoping to save myself a great deal of testing time by asking for clarification.

I understand the CBT basics. I understand that when Debbie applied the CBT to the topic, the topic did not show in the search results.

Is the topic still accessible in the .chm output as noted next?

My goal is to create a topic. Use the topic as a destination for a cross-reference (hyperlink) making the topic readable. But I want to exclude the topic from the search results. This would mean that the topic could only be accessed by using the hyperlink.

Will Debbie’s approach work, i.e., using a CBT?

It seems all this would be solved if Adobe would just listen and make the Exclude from Search option work for .chm files.

Thanks in advance for saving me testing time.

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