Topic Properties - Display Bookmarks

In RH7, when a topic is in Design View, the user can right-click and select "Topic Properties" from the context menu. Is it possbile to display bookmarks assoicated with an index entry on the Index tab? Presently only the topic title displays when associated with an index term.
Thanks

I'm not sure your assumption is correct. I think the bookmark
is just a little piece of "find me here" code in the topic text.
The only tight connection is that the topic filename is part of the
path to the bookmark.
The Project pane does display bookmarks as if they were
sub-topics, but the Project pane displays other things that aren't
properties (like image map links). So I don't think that's a
reliable guide.
Bottom line - you're a pro (I recognize your handle), and if
you can't find a setting for this, there probably isn't one.
I wonder if one of the reports might help you manage your
bookmark index links?
HTH,
Elisa

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Presumably the bookmark is part of the topic properties, and,
to me it should appear. Is there are setting which requires
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HTH,
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Thank you for those suggestions, Peter!
You were right - I was dragging the two windows to where I wanted them.
I haven't yet tested your suggstions extensively (I don't spend a lot of time with RH side by side by side with other applications). However, I haven't seen the problem since I started using Windows key + arrows to position the windows.
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I will post again (or edit this post) if I come up with any new information. Even if no one else has posted about this problem, I'm betting that others are experiencing it. As I said, it's relatively easy to work around. Just annoying.
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