How to generate printed document with "continuous" section breaks versus "next page" section breaks?

[Guest]

When generating a Word or PDF document from the HTML help files a "next page" section break is used after each topic. How can I get a "continuous" section break instead?

[Peter Grainge]

I suspect this is because you have the printed documentation set to start new topics on new pages. Take a look at that first.

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[Guest]

I have that checked off.

[Peter Grainge]

Sorry, this slipped through the net.

What versions of RH and Word please?

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[Guest]

I'm using RH HTML 8 and Word 2003. Thanks for your help on this.

[Peter Grainge]

Click the Advanced button. Is the Start New Chapters... ticked? Try clearing that.

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[Guest]

No, that one is checked off too.

[Peter Grainge · Accepted solution]

I've been poking around a bit more. Here's the deal.

New chapters will always start on a new page and have a next or odd page break according to the Start New Chapters setting. If ticked it will be an Odd Page break, else a Next Page break.

Topics within a book will follow the Start Each Topic on a New Page setting. If ticked, each topic will be separated by a page break, not a section break. Else they will be on the same page with no breaks of any type.

Topics not within a book will be followed by a section break.

So section breaks are only created for chapters and topics not in a chapter.

Hope that helps. Please post back if you find otherwise.

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[Guest]

Peter,

Thanks for the time you put into this. I decided to not use "Chapters" to organize the pdf layout, so I'm getting the section breaks for topics not in a chapter.

[Peter Grainge]

That's one of the scenarious I covered.

Trick: Put all the topics in one book and generate to Word instead of PDF. There you just remove the chapter name and then PDF it.

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[Guest]

Wish I'd thought of that.

[Amebr]

If you  want all "continuous" breaks in the document, you can create a macro in Word with the following code and add it as a toolbar button for a one-click fix:

Sub setcontinuous()
ActiveDocument.PageSetup.SectionStart = wdSectionContinuous
End Sub