How to go to highlighted search terms in topic

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March 5, 2011
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I am using RH8 HTML to generate a .CHM file. I would like my end users to be able to type a search term (on the search tab in the compiled version) and then have the search window go directly to that term in the displayed topic. I would also like them to be able to click Next to go to the next occurrence of the search term in the displayed topic.

How do I set those search options?

thanks for your help!

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Captiv8r

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Hi Tina

Unfortunately those options aren't possible with the CHM format.

The limitations aren't imposed by RoboHelp. Instead, they are limitations of the Microsoft HTML Help viewer.

Cheers... Rick

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Tina_Z-BAuthor

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Good morning Rick -

Thank you for the quick reply. You mentioned that the CHM format does not support this functionality - do any of the RH generated formats provide this functionality?

Thank you again!

Tina

RoboColum_n_

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What you seem to require is the search to return a list of results and to know which topic the user requires to see. No search output works like that. It is possible to highligh the searched keyword once you have displayed the topic (even with CHM files) but as Rick says it will not take users directly to it. That is true of all output types. Most output types have a find facility (CTRL + F) that can be used to find a keyword it requires the user to manually enter a keyword.