Can RH automate a specific header/footer structure in print output?

[robfjelstad]

Using RoboHelp 7, Microsoft Office/Word 2007. 

I need to produce a printed deliverable from RH that has a specific header / footer structure.  I see that RH already builds header/footers into the printed output automatically, inserting the name of the project into the header and inserting page numbers in the footer, which is great.  I just need the print output to pick up and place different information in those header and footer elements.  How do I tell it to do that?   

Header:

Must have alternating page setup:  On the "binder" side, the manual name must always display.  On the "margin" side, the name of the chapter must display. 

Footer:

Must also have alternating page setup:  On "binder" side, the company name and product name.  On the "margin" side, the document edition number, chapter number, and page number. 

I can do all this manually - I just need to know what parts of this can be automated via manipulating the stylemapping.dot? 

Because each chapter needs it's H/F to be customized in this way, my process is to select "generate individual documents" and "create master document" in RH's print output dialog. 

If what I'm describing above can be automated, I would create as many "stylemapping.dot" templates as I have chapters, select the appropriate one at generation time, and then only have to build/cleanup TOCs in the print output. 

Thanks!

Robin Fjelstad

[Willam van Weelden]

Hi,

I don't know if you can modify the header from the style mapping.dot, but it may be worthwhile to explore the styleref field of MS Word. You use it to display the text from a specific style, such as Heading 1 for eacht chapter. This would mean that you can at least generate a single document, so it should be a little less work.

Greet,

Willam

[Peter Grainge]

You cannot change the output  header / footer from RH, see my Printed Documentation topic.

Changes have to be made post production.

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