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oceanbreeze
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August 31, 2014
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Is there a "Keep with Next" feature in RoboHelp?

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I have RoboHelp 10.  The page break before or after is not what I need because I don't want a page break if the text is in the middle of the page.  I just want a low-level heading to stay with the following paragraph if it is at the bottom of a page.  I don't want to use one of the official "Heading 4", 5, or 6 headings because in this document I need to have different indentations.

Thanks.

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Correct answer Peter Grainge

Sorry but there is no equivalent in the HTML but when you send the content to Word it is different. If you map to a Word template and in that you have set up Keep with Next, then it should work. I haven't tested this but I'm reasonably confident it will be OK.

If you are not familiar with mapping to a template, see Printed Documentation on my site.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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Captiv8r
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August 31, 2014

Hi there

Reading between the lines here, I'm guessing you are referring to creating printed documentation?

If so, I'll move this thread to that forum category.

Cheers... Rick

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oceanbreezeAuthor
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August 31, 2014

Yes, I am referring to printed doc. I should have put that in my post. If you would please move it I would really appreciate it. Thanks!!!

Diane Heald

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Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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September 1, 2014

I'm sorry Peter, but there is a page bread property in CSS (though you will have to add it to the CSS manually). Check it out: CSS Page-break-after Property

This property obviously only applies to printed output. (When you print a web page. Not to be confused with the Printed Documentation SSL.)

Kind regards,

Willam


Willam. Page Break and Keep with Next are not the same thing. If the poster adds a page break anywhere, that Page Break will always be in the same place and it does work if they print the page from the webhelp, as well as carrying through to printed documentation.

The problem with page break is it will always be where the author puts it so they have to test it after adding content before it. Otherwise they will have some very odd printing. That scenario will also carry through to Printed Documentation where the problem will be the same issue but at a different point because of the difference in how much fits on the page.

Keep with Next is strictly on the Word side. The logic of that is if paragraph A has that property, then when paragraph B would otherwise be on the next page, Word will keep it with the next paragraph and both will be on the same page. Typically you only use it with heading styles.

Keep with Next is sensitive to paper size as all it is concerned with is that the two paragraphs are on the same page, be that at the bottom or the top. Compared with that, Page Break is a blunt tool.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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