Publishing > Testing Your Project > Testing links and missing graphics

All links and graphics inserted in your projects incorporate dynamic validity checking features. Dead links to other topics in your project are automatically highlighted in red and a popup explanation is displayed when you position the mouse over them if the mouseover hints feature is enabled in File > Program Options > General. Missing images are clearly indicated by a square graphic with a red X in the middle.

•Hold down Ctrl and click on the link to visit the topic to which the link points.

•In addition to topic links you can also use this feature to test Internet links and file links and to display the source topics of linked snippets.

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•Use the Back button in the Quick Access Toolbar and the History button between the Back and Next buttons to return to the topic you were editing before testing the link.

Dead links to other topics in your project and missing graphics are clearly identified in the editor, you can't miss them. Dead links are highlighted in red, missing graphics files are shown as a square with a big red X in the middle. Note that the mouseover popup information for dead links is only displayed if this feature is activated in View > Program Options > General.

Links to external targets:

Links to external targets (outside your project) and other help projects cannot be checked by Help & Manual. You are responsible for checking these yourself.

You can generate a full list of dead links and missing graphics in all or part of your project with the Report Tool, which is accessed in Project > Tools .