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February 18, 2008
Question

Topic missing in Word TOC only, but OK in document

  • February 18, 2008
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Sorry for yet another print issue.. I know Peter Grainge's site and have also done some research but could not solve this problem. This applies to RH7.

Certain topics are always missing in the TOC of the printed documentation. If I delete the TOC and generate it new, then the topic shows correctly. If I only update the TOC without deleting, then the Topic does not show. It is generated in the actual document correctly with all its content. I have tried deleting a topic in RoboHelp and creating it new but without effect. There is no pattern concerning the topics missing and the file/topic names are short with characters and numbers mixed, but no spaces or special characters.

Cond. build tags are used in the project, but not applied to the concerned topics on content nor topic level. There is no special content in them, only plain text. No error message during output. I have tried wrapping them in books or placing them in various positions in the TOC, no luck.

Do you have any idea what the problem could be?
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Peter Grainge
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Community Expert
February 18, 2008
The TOC you see in the print layout shows the TOC as it was at the time you first used the layout. Thereafter it is not synchronised so if you change the TOC for the online help, you have to make the same edit in the print layout.

In the wizard, on the left is the current TOC, on the right is the print TOC.

It's not a bug as some people will want to have different layouts. If you always use the same layout for both online and print, it is as simple as clearing the print TOC by moving everything to the left, then move everything to the right. Try it, makes more sense when you see it.

This is covered in the page on printed documentation.

You can amend the print layout without generating. Right click the layout and select Properties, make the change and select Save.

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