### 18.9 Generating contents and index for HTML Help

Although topics in HTML Help can display special characters, contents and index cannot. Be aware that HTML Help Workshop settings for contents and index are different for stand-alone versus merged CHM files.

In this section:

§18.9.1 Choosing how to generate HTML Help contents and index

§18.9.2 Choosing whether to generate binary contents or index

§18.9.3 Generating contents and index with HTML Help Workshop

§18.9.4 Generating contents and index with DITA2Go

§18.9.5 Configuring contents entries for HTML Help

§18.9.6 Providing mid-topic contents links in HTML Help

§18.9.7 Making the TOC track index links in HTML Help

§18.9.8 Customizing contents and index for HTML Help

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Parent Topic: 18. Generating Microsoft HTML Help

Sibling Topics:

18.1 Understanding how DITA2Go produces HTML Help

18.2 Understanding why Unicode is not the answer

18.3 Setting up an HTML Help project

18.4 Customizing HTML Help display features

18.5 Creating pop-ups for HTML Help

18.6 Creating links and hypertext jumps in HTML Help

18.7 Creating related-topic links for HTML Help

18.8 Using secondary windows in HTML Help

18.10 Providing full-text search (FTS) for HTML Help

18.11 Setting up CSH for HTML Help

18.12 Generating HTML Help in non-Western languages

18.13 Compiling and testing HTML Help

18.14 Mapping and merging CHM files