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mindv@mp
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August 11, 2014
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AirHelp printing: can RH redirect user print requests to PDF/.doc versions? Or can the print menu be disabled perhaps?

  • August 11, 2014
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Hello. I am looking for a way to either: remove the 'Print' menu option in an AirHelp app... or if that is not possible, some way to point that menus options to print PDF or perhaps .doc versions of my content (as the quality of printing from AirHelp is atrocious at best)? Essentially I seek any way to improve upon my customers' experience when and if they migrate to that pesky print button.  Unfortunately however, I have yet to find anything. Is there a way to do one or both of these tasks, or if not... perhaps there is another way to improve the quality of printing from AirHelp (or remove the option entirely)?  Any advice would be most appreciated, thank you!

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mindv@mp
mindv@mpAuthor
Participant
August 12, 2014

Thank you both for the information! Personally I think it is somewhat silly for this project to have such a high priority on printing, but alas, atop the food chain I do not sit  LOL.  I suppose I understand Adobe's lack of attention to printing in this case, though I do wish they would at least allow RH users to opt-out of the option altogether (maybe there is a feature request here after all?).  I'm still interested in somehow "vanishing" the print menu option and then perhaps adding a topic full of exported PDFs which the user could open individually and print if need be... if I find success I will report back, but I am not all that optimistic at this point.  At any rate, thank you gentlemen for your time and input!

p.s. I have been to your site numerous times Peter, and consider it to be an excellent collection of all things RoboHelp

Peter Grainge
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August 13, 2014

Thank you for the kind words.


See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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Jeff_Coatsworth
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August 11, 2014

I think you’re posting in the wrong forum – you want the one that discusses AIR apps – this one is for AIRHELP produced by RoboHelp as a help output.

mindv@mp
mindv@mpAuthor
Participant
August 11, 2014

Thanks for your reply! I should have clarified... our project is output as AirHelp from RH 9

Peter Grainge
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 12, 2014

There is a lot of information about AIR Help on my site but solving your problem is not there. Print is bad and you cannot force how a user prints. Sorry but you are stuck with it.

Normally I would say submit a feature request but it's the same in Rh11 and there have been no changes to AIR Help in recent versions of AIR Help. Hint!

Print is what it is. Sorry.


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