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#### 8.9.9.1 Using a separate file for pop-ups

To use the same content for both a normal topic and a pop-up, duplicating the text so you can edit topic and pop-up separately:

1. Create a new FrameMaker file, for example Popups.fm, and include it in your book.

2. Copy each pop-up topic section from its original FrameMaker file and paste it in Popups.fm.

3. If the heading format you use for these topics is (for example) Head2, assign normal topic properties to Head2 in the configuration file; for example:

[HelpStyles]

Head2=Topic Browse Contents

4. For the topics in Popups.fm, change the format name to (for example) Head2pop, and in the configuration file assign to Head2pop the following properties:

[HelpStyles]

Head2pop=Topic Scroll NoXScroll NoTitle

This setting eliminates the no-scroll area (essential for pop-ups), and keeps the content out of full-text search, so that a search would find only the version in the original FrameMaker file. If the pop-up has more than one paragraph, do not assign properties in the configuration file to any but the first paragraph.

5. In Popups.fm, add a hypertext newlink marker (see §8.9.5 Using hypertext links for jumps and pop-ups) to the start of each Head2pop, and give each an appropriate alphanumeric identifier.

6. At the points in your document where each pop-up is to be referenced, add a hypertext gotolink marker with the proper identifier, and mark the hotspot span by applying a character format. For example, if you call the character format Popup (make sure it is in the catalog):

[HelpStyles]

Popup=PopOver Green

where Green is normal and recommended, but optional.

How to insert markers

To insert newlink and gotolink markers, see §34.1.2 Using markers to add links and instructions.

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