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Anonymous
March 16, 2010
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Possible to have both an index and TOC open by default?

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I'm using RH7 (I have RH 8 but don't use it since it buggers up formatting from previous versions) and I publish wbhelp.

Is it possible to set BOTH the Index and TOC to display as open when the project is posted. When I generate a primary layout, I can only slect one as default in the second screen (Wbhelp navigation).

Thanks!

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    RoboColum_n_
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    March 16, 2010

    Certainly not out of the box. Maybe there is a Javascript solution but even that I doubt would work. The tri-pane tabs are designed to work with only one tab displayed at any one time.

    Other users would also be interested in knowing what formatting does not come across well in RH8. Maybe we could help you with that.

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    Anonymous
    March 17, 2010

    Thanks Colum. I was hoping that I could display both the TOC on the left and the index on the right along with the main content. Many of my users don't twig to the fact that they can toggle between index and TOC displays (or even that they can click on the TOC button to open a contents pane).

    Among other things, RH8 mangles bulletted lists (I have many): it changes the indents and the bullet styles.

    John

    RoboColum_n_
    RoboColum_n_
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    March 18, 2010

    Thanks again Colum. Yes, I have recorded a captivate video tutorial, put my users mostly ignore it.

    John


    We feel your pain. How about making the topic that links to the movie the default topic of your help file. That way they'd get to see it every time they open the help. Failing that, try a sledgehammer over their cranium

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