Omni Systems, Inc. Mif2Go User's Guide, Version 55
> 7 Producing on-line Help > 7.8 Creating pop-up topics for Help systems > 7.8.2 Defining a pop-up hotspot
To define a hotspot, in FrameMaker apply a dedicated character or paragraph format to either of the following:
If you want content (or an autonumber, or a page reference) from the pop-up material to appear as a hotspot, use a cross reference; if not, use a hypertext link.
If you use a cross reference for a hotspot, make
sure the hotspot character format is applied to the reference string
(<$paratext>
) in the cross-reference
definition. If another character format intervenes (for example, if your
cross-reference format is defined as <HotspotFmt><Bold><$paratext>
),
the intended hotspot format is turned off before it can be used.
Entire paragraph (by accident)
If you do not apply a character format to hotspot text for a hypertext link, the entire paragraph becomes a hotspot.
If you use a paragraph format (such as the text
of a generated-file reference) for a hotspot, and some of the text in
the paragraph has a character format applied, you must assign property
ParaLink
to the paragraph format.
See §5.10 Creating hotspots for hypertext links.