# Order file — `.order`

The order file specifies the order that selected topics are displayed in the output EPOC help database. Other topics are displayed alphabetically by topic title, and are displayed after the ordered topics.

The order file is a plain text file consisting of a list of order names.

  order.name
  another.order-name
  something.else
  ...
  topic_anchor.n

Each topic may, or may not, have an order name defined in the source `.rtf —` see Hypertext anchor. When the help file is generated, topics are re-ordered according to the position of their order name in the order file.

##### Notes

- Topics referred to in the order list must have a hypertext anchor in the source rich text file.
- Any text may be used for the order name.