- Open the style sheet that you want to modify.
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Complete one of the following sets of steps, depending on whether you want to use the Simplified view or Advanced view in the Stylesheet Editor.
- Simplified The Simplified view is better for new users. It provides an easier way to apply properties to styles, with format options available from a toolbar (similar to the way one would use the Text Format toolbar to change the look topic content without a style). In many cases, only the most common property options are available in the Simplified view (e.g., font, letter/word spacing, paragraph alignment/indentation, auto-numbering format, borders, background). One advantage of the Simplified view is that you can apply a property to multiple styles at the same time. You can also click a check box to hide the properties in the editor, allowing you to see only the styles.
- Advanced The Advanced view displays style classes and properties in hierarchical tree structures. It is not as quick as using the Simplified view, but it allows you to edit a great deal more settings than are available in the Simplified view.
If using the Simplified view:
- In the local toolbar, make sure the first button displays
(which means that the Simplified view is currently shown in the editor). If the button displays
instead, then click it.
- In the upper-left corner of the editor, click in the Show Styles field
and select Show Link Styles.
- From the grid in the bottom portion of the editor, find and select the style called MadCap|keywordLink.
- In the local toolbar of the editor, click
. The Properties dialog opens.
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Use the tabs and fields in the Properties dialog to change values for any of the style's properties.
For more information, see About Styles and Style Sheets, as well as Editing Styles.
- In the Properties dialog, click OK.
If using the Advanced view:
- In the local toolbar, make sure the first button displays
(which means that the Advanced view is currently shown in the editor). If the button displays
instead, then click it.
- In the upper-left corner of the editor, click in the Show Styles field
and select Show Link Styles.
- In the Styles section on the left side of the editor, find and select the style called MadCap|keywordLink.
- From the Show Properties drop-down list
on the upper-right side of the editor, select Show: Set Properties. This displays only the properties that have been set for that particular style.
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From the Properties section, change values for any of the style's properties. For example, to change link label as described in the example above, you would edit the cell to the right of mc-label.
For more information, see About Styles and Style Sheets, as well as Editing Styles.
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Press CTRL+S or click
to save your work.
Note: If you want to change the style for the links (i.e., menu items) that users see when they click a keyword link control, you can modify the <MadCap|helpControlMenuItem> style in the style sheet. This style is grouped with the "Dynamic Effects Styles" (which you can select from the drop-down list in the upper-left corner of the Stylesheet Editor).