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BBdancer123
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June 28, 2019
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RH 2019 - cannot resize topic windows

  • June 28, 2019
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I have been using RH for years and had to upgrade to RH 2019...not of my choice.  Is there any way other than changing the display properties on my laptop to resize the topic windows (panels)?  The cursor does have the edge grabs but when I drag to resize nothing happens.  Thank you.

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Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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June 28, 2019

If you mean where I have shown, you can make the topic panel narrower by stretching the grey areas left and right. You can't make it narrower then a predetermined size but you can hide both panels.

It's worth taking a look at the sample project RoboHelp Reimagined as that has a lot of information about using this new version.

Post edited to clarify which panels can be stretched.

See www.grainge.org for free RoboHelp and Authoring information.

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BBdancer123Author
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June 28, 2019

Thanks but my issue was re: expanding the windows not making them

narrow....cursor changes but can't resize. Tech support said it's my

display settings.

On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 11:37 AM Peter Grainge <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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June 29, 2019

Display settings will not change the functionality.

Do you mean expanding the two panes left and right of the authoring area (the grey panels rather than the white authoring area)?. If you do, then they should expand by dragging. Do you have the updates applied? You should be on 2019.0.7.

Otherwise as I said, you cannot make the grey areas narrower than the predetermined setting. What you can do is hide certain panels.

  1. Bottom left of the screen click the chevrons to.hide the panel between the Project Toolbar on the left and the authoring area.
  2. You can also hide it in a more useful way. If say Contents is open, click it again and it will hide. Click it again and it will display. It's a toggle. If you click another icon, that opens straight away.
  3. You can hide the Properties on the right by clicking the Toggle Right Pane icon.

See www.grainge.org for free RoboHelp and Authoring information.

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