Upon clicking on the letter, the user is brought to the appropriate letter group. Others prefer an online help style index like that used in software, mentioned previously. In such an index, as soon as the user begins typing the first letters of the word, the index automatically scrolls to the appropriate letter and to the exact word as he continues tying. This is referred to as type-ahead scrolling . Which is better depends on the needs of the company, and the design of its intranet.
Documents stored on a company intranet can have enormous value, but only if they can be found.
Companies with intranets and intranet developers should consider the full range of options when determining how they supply access to such information. Copyright 2001 INT Media Group, Incorporated All Rights Reserved.