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Anonymous
April 4, 2007
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Linked documents in printed documentation

  • April 4, 2007
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Hi. I have a Robohelp project that contains links to Word docs. I know while generating the help project, Robohelp copies the Word docs into the help folder. So, my question is: Is there a way, when generating printed documentation, for Robohelp to include the actual document rather than just a link to it in the finished printed documentation?

We are using Robohelp 5.0, but recently ordered an upgrade to 6.0. Perhaps the newer version will do what I'm looking for?

Hilary
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Chet Zeshonski
Inspiring
April 9, 2007
Whoops! That's what I meant, Peter. Got my terms mixed up. We do the same thing here with copyright pages and the like--add them to page 3 of the wizard.
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Anonymous
April 5, 2007
We decided just to link to the documents, but thank you for your ideas!
Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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April 5, 2007
Chet's idea prompts a thought, add it in Page 3 of the wizard.

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Chet Zeshonski
Inspiring
April 5, 2007
If the document is not small, I suggest you add it to the print TOC as an appendix. Use a conditional build tag to substitute the text for the link with text like this:

"For more information, see appendix A."
Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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April 5, 2007
Welcome to the forum.

No way I know of. The only thing I can think of is putting in a marker with a build tag and only including that marker in the build expression for printed output. Then with the printed document, search for that marker and create a reference in Word.

I've not tried it but it should work.

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Anonymous
April 5, 2007
Hello Hilary,

This might help. Make a copy of the document, and try running the following macro on the copy. I tested it on a document containing 2 hyperlinks. It will hardcode the text into the document with the insertion point being the hyperlink placing.

Sub ChangeHyperlinkField()
Dim iFld As Integer
Dim strCodes As String
Selection.HomeKey
strCodes = ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes
ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = True
For iFld = ActiveDocument.Fields.Count To 1 Step -1
With ActiveDocument.Fields(iFld)
.Code.Text = Replace(.Code.Text, "HYPERLINK", "INCLUDETEXT")
.Update
.Unlink
End With
Next iFld
ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = strCodes
End Sub

Hope it helps. If you have any problems with it, please post back.

Regards,

Brian
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