##### 17.12.2.4 Renaming or eliminating the contents “Overview” topic

When a heading has subheadings under it (so that it becomes a “book” in WinHelp), WinHelp provides no way to get from the contents entry to any text that comes after the heading and before the first subheading. Therefore DITA2Go adds a dummy topic “page” called (by default) “Overview” to permit access to this otherwise orphaned text.

You can change the name of this dummy topic to something other than “Overview”; for example, to name it “Introduction” instead:

    [HelpContents]
    CntBStyleText=Introduction

If you do not want to provide access to any text in this area, you can change the setting for the heading from V to H, keeping the same level number; for example:

    [HelpCntStyles]
    Heading1=H1

Then there would be no “Overview” for text that immediately follows a Heading1 paragraph. You would be able to access the text between that heading and the next only as part of a browse sequence; see §17.13 Creating browse sequences.

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Parent Topic: 17.12.2 Specifying heading formats and levels for contents

Sibling Topics:

17.12.2.1 Understanding WinHelp contents level numbers

17.12.2.2 Listing topics for contents with and without subheadings

17.12.2.3 Using different names in contents for heading and topic

17.12.2.5 Referencing multiple help files from contents

17.12.2.6 Displaying contents targets in the main window

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