The Index pane allows users to navigate a knowledge base using the Index Table. The Index Table is formed automatically during the publication and contains index terms included into the content at the authoring stage. Primary index terms are sorted alphabetically, secondary terms are grouped under relevant primary terms, tertiary terms under relevant secondary terms, and so on.
To display a topic that includes a particular index term, select an index term and click the Display button. Alternatively, you can simply double-click on the required index term. The topic containing the index term will be opened in the Topic pane. If you want to see where the displayed topic is located in the Table of Contents, use the TOC Sync button above the Table pane.
If the primary index term is referenced by any index terms of lower levels (secondary, tertiary), there will appear a dialog allowing you to select a topic among those containing the index terms.
Users can quickly locate the needed primary index term in the Index Table by entering the index term title into the entry field "Type in the keyword to find" that is located above the Index Table. As soon as the entered string matches the first letters of a primary index term, the matched term is located in the Index Table.