Printed Docs Not Following TOC

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August 1, 2008
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When you generate a printed doc (in this case, Word output), you are supposed to get output of topics in a sequence that follows the TOC as outlined on the TOC panel in RoboHelp.

Instead, I am getting a complete jumble, with some topics even repeated. I have tried every combination of settings and kludges known to man (I am pretty resourceful about this, usually), but nothing seems to have any effect on it. The one good thing I can say is that it is consistent in the way it scrambles the topics.

I am using the latest RoboHelp with Word 2003 on an XP box. At this point we are reduced to cutting and pasting about 366 topics to rescramble them in the correct order.

HELP!!!

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Peter Grainge

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I thought you wanted what was in the TOC? If you follow the procedure I described, it will copy the TOC into the layout. I just tested it again to be sure RH for Word works the same as RH HTML and it does.

If you are adding them one by one, then it must be something about the way you are doing it and I cannot see that. You will have to be more specific.

Try using the left to right arrows as I described, take some screenshots and email them via my site.

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Peter Grainge

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You are saying that if you clear the current layout, make sure TOC is selected in the dropdown and you then click the arrow to copy that left to right, you don't get the current TOC?

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RYBRNAuthor

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In RH7, on wizard panel 3, I clear the "Chapter Layout" panel by clicking the double left arrow. Then I refill it with the topics I want to print. Result: jumble.

Peter Grainge

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Welcome to the forum

When you first create a print layout, it takes the TOC at that time as the default. Thereafter it is whatever you set up and is independant of the TOC. If what you want is the current TOC, in the print layout simply click the left arrow to remove all current topics and then click the right arrow to use the current TOC.

This is all described in much more detail on my site. See Printed Documentation.

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RYBRNAuthor

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I assume you are talking about the third panel of the PD Wizard, in which you can specify the exact topics to be included in the PD. I have done that and it did not work.

I also created a new PD layout, and got the same result with that one as I did before.

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