Header and Footer publishing to Word

[Guest]

I'm using Robohelp 9 and having trouble modifying default header and footer when publishing to Word 2010.

Here's what i did:

1. I created a Robohelp "Master Page" and added a header and footer to it.
2. used single source "printed documentation" to publish to Word docx

The published Word doc still has the robohelp default header and footer.

Is there something i need to do to specify the master page when i publish? i don't see an option to do it or can't find this step in the help documentation.

Something else i tried: I created a header and footer in the Word template i use for printed documentation, however, it gets replaced by the robohelp default header and footer. This is actually the solution i would like to use so i can just specify a word template and go.

Also, it looks like i can create multiple "master pages" for a single robohelp project and then apply them, but i don't see how to apply them.

[Captiv8r]

Hi there

Indeed you may use multiple master pages. But these are normally applied to individual topics. And only a single Master Page may be associated with a topic at any given time.

The problem here is that you are expecting the headers and footers from Master Pages to carry over into the world of dead trees. (Printed Documentation) And that isn't something you may do.

If you want headers and footers in Printed Docs, you will need to specify them using Word after you create Printed Documentation from RoboHelp.

Cheers... Rick

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[Guest]

I just ran across this note in the robohelp help about applying master pages:

"Note: For the Printed Documentation layout, you can apply only a different CSS."

do i modify the css in regards to creating a header and footer in printed documentation? if so, how do i do it?

[Guest]

Rick,

I replied before your answer. Oh well, too bad. I publish to Word and then make a PDF (to take advantage of some word template benefits), so it's the world of coal fired or nuclear generated LED screens.

[Captiv8r]

Hello again Jeff

I believe my dear friend Peter Grainge often advises that he takes additional steps to tweak the Word document prior to creating the PDF from it. So if you want headers and footers, massaging the Word document is likely where they would be added, no?

Loved the comment about coal fired or nuclear generated LED screens.

Cheers... Rick

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[Peter Grainge]

As Rick has explained, you cannot stop RoboHelp applying its own headers and footers. This is all explained in Printed Documentation on my site.

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