I have a workflow (task map) that provides an order in which
tasks need to be completed to get to an intended goal. It's a good
map, but I need each procedure to link to the next procedure in the
workflow. I currently have a Next link at the bottom of every
procedure:
Next: Create a template.
I'd like the Next text to be a button, like a Related Topics
button except that there is no list. How do I do this? Is there a
better way to do what I'm trying to do?
I do this on every topic since my instructions are set up to
be read in sequential order. It's easy. Simply insert a Related
Topics link. On the first page of the wizard, change the text to
"Next >" or "< Back" or "Main Topic" or whatever you want.
Then, on the next page of the wizard, add only the next, previous,
or main topic.
That worked. Thank you. After seeing the two side by side, I
think that the Next hyperlink is easier to notice than the button.
Well, I'll try it out on customers and see what they think. Thank
you very much.
To add to Kathy's advice, you may also want to think about
using a browse sequence. This negates the need for a button in the
topic. What you need to do this depends on what output you are
producing.
By browse sequence, do you mean the navigation arrows, back
and forward? I was thinking (hoping) that the navigation arrows
worked like browser arrows: click <- to go back to the previous
page and so on. If you mean that the navigation arrows just go to
the next topic in the TOC, then that's not very useful to me and
not sufficient for the problem I'm trying to solve because the user
needs to understand that there is a connection between the from
procedure and the to procedure. I hope I'm making sense.
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