Drag & Drop can only be used on single topics. To move or copy multiple topics you must use Cut & Paste. You can perform these operations both within the same project and between multiple projects open at the same time in the Project Explorer.

•Select a topic or chapter in the TOC and drag it onto another TOC entry (target topic is highlighted) to make topic you are dragging the child (sub-topic) of the target topic.

•Select a topic or chapter and drag it between two other topics (a blue line is displayed between the target topics) to insert the topic you are dragging before/after the target topic. Position the mouse pointer to the right or left of the topic caption to display the blue line.

If you have created more than one TOC in your project with the Multiple TOCs option you can copy items between the TOC with the methods described here.

However, there is an important difference: When you copy items between multiple TOC a new topic is never created. The copied item in the second TOC is always a new reference to the existing topic in the other TOC, not a completely new topic.

If you want to create new topics in additional TOCs you must really create a new topic.

The Ribbon tools can only be used on single topics. To move multiple topics you must use Cut & Paste (see below).

Select the topic you want to move, then select the blue Up or Down arrow in Project > Manage Topics to move the selected topic up and down one step at a time.

You can use Cut & Paste to move and copy multiple topics and chapters at the same time. To select multiple entries use Shift+Click to select continuous blocks of entries and Ctrl+Click to select multiple individual entries in different locations.

1.Select a topic or chapter in the TOC or in Topic Files and then use one of the Copy or Cut options:

Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+C (copy), Ctrl+X (cut)

Ribbon: Clipboard tools

Context menu (right-click in TOC): Copy, Cut

2.Click on the topic after which you wish to insert the topic and use one of the Paste options:

Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+V

Ribbon: Clipboard tools

Context menu (right-click in TOC): Paste

When you copy topics "(COPY)" is added to the topic caption in the TOC and "_2" (or _3 etc.) is added to the Topic ID in the to prevent duplicates. See Multiple TOC entries for one topic for an alternative to copying.

You can also copy and move single and multiple topics and chapters between projects:

1.Open the second project in the Project Explorer. See Using the Project Explorer for details. Alternatively, you can also open the second project in a second instance of Help+Manual (just start Help+Manual a second time and open the project there).

2.Follow the instructions above to copy or move topics and chapters.