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madgedeepers10
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July 17, 2019
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Heading Numbering for PDFs

  • July 17, 2019
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How do I create incrementing Heading numbers? Currently, I have resorted to adding the Heading numbers manually and then conditionally tagging them as print_only.

This is a laborious workaround, and when I add a new topic, I have to go in and increment the numbers manually.

In Madcap Flare, there are autonumbers for styles that automatically increment when the PDFs are built.

Does RoboHelp have something similar?

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    Peter Grainge
    Peter Grainge
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    July 17, 2019

    It's not in any version I have seen but there is a workaround that's easy and that I have deployed in the past.

    Generate your printed output using a Word template rather than the CSS option. In Word, set up the styles so that they are numbered. That way you don't have to tag them out and you don't have to keep manually updating them.

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

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    madgedeepers10Author
    Inspiring
    July 18, 2019

    Peter, where is the option to "...Generate your printed output using a Word template rather than the CSS option..." ?  I can't find what you are referring to in RH 2019

    Peter Grainge
    Peter Grainge
    Community Expert
    July 21, 2019

    No worries but none of the forums are specific to any version that's why the sticky topics ask for posts to include that. As you can see, without that information, it took longer to give you the right information.

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

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    @MadgeDeepers10 Are you talking about the numbers incrementing through the whole PDF or within a topic only?

    In 2019 you can easily add numbering to any style using the CSS editor. Across topics you can reset the numbering on the first instance of any style and the rest will follow.

    If that would work, tagging would not be necessary. You would create a copy of your CSS so that one has numbering and the other does not. When you generate you would use master pages with the appropriate CSS.

    Would that give you what you want?

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

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