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Inspiring
June 4, 2013
Question

Insert date in footer in printed document

  • June 4, 2013
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I've searched this site and it seems that there is no way to change the header or footer that RoboHelp uses when creating the printed document. I even tried editing the footer in the Word template that I use, but it doesn't seem to work.

So, assuming that you can't change the header/footer by changing the template, has anyone created a Word macro after the fact to insert a date?

We use the Word doc to review the help. Currently I use an old-tech ink date stamp to stamp each page before I give it to the user. This isn't a problem when you're doing a few topics at a time, but we're getting to the point where I'm going to be getting final review for large chunks and that's not going to be the best use of my time

I'm using RH9.

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Jeff_Coatsworth
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Community Expert
June 4, 2013

maybe time to move up to RH10 with the shared review PDF feature?

Peter Grainge
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Community Expert
June 4, 2013

As covered in Printed Documentation on my site, headers and footers do not survive the trip to print.


See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

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MM_ActonAuthor
Inspiring
June 4, 2013

Yeah, I went to your site first and saw that.  I was hoping someone could point me to a macro or an example of how to edit footers with macros.

Looks like my low-tech method might be winning.