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Anonymous
July 23, 2010
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Possibility to print specific topics from the manual

  • July 23, 2010
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I need to add a function to my webhelp project whereby it's possible for users to print the areas specific to their interests.

I've added a print button which prints off each topic but for example topics relating to Finance, Real Estate, Insurance have to have the capability of been printed off seperately.

I can see that I can produce these topics individually for output but is there a way of adding a button that will do the trick?

Thanks

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RoboColum_n_
RoboColum_n_
Legend
July 23, 2010

You'd need a way of selecting the relevant text to enable a print command to work otherwise how would it know what to print? I doubt there is a way to do this with a straghtforward print button. However maybe you could have sections of the topics as PDF files that could be opened and printed. Just a thought.

  The RoboColum(n)   @robocolumn   Colum McAndrew
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Anonymous
July 23, 2010

Thanks for the quick reply.

I've spent the last 2 days off and on, trying to figure this one out. I'm not a developer so to me it shouldn't be a problem. I can generate the different topics as PDF and then create a link to them. It's not as though they will be changes a lot either. I'll wait until monday to see what responses i get but i can always resort to this method.

cheers

tim

MergeThis
MergeThis
Inspiring
July 23, 2010

I agree with Colum: create PDFs for this purpose. The beauty of that method is that you can customize any number of Printed Documentation layouts that contain specific topics in a specific order regardless of your WebHelp TOC. You can even use different TOCs for each one!

Good luck,

Leon

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