Print Documentation - re-running

[Ges-Wells]

We are transfering projects from RoboHelp 4x to RoboHel 7 - running the Print Documentation function was not reviously done, so we are just learning to work with the settings, etc..and how it works so that work is not duplicated each time on-line Help is updated.

Question:  finished doing some formatting in Word after generating Print Documentation, will 'formatting' and editing be retained if the Print Documentation is run again? or will formatting need to be re-done?

[RoboWizard]

Hi there

Consider creating a printed document from RoboHelp to be similar to baking a cake. The Single Source Layout properties is very much like the recipe used. The Word Document you get in the end is very much like the cake that would result.

You are describing editing the Word document. This is like smearing icing on your cake. You can't expect to bake another cake and have it already iced.

So to specifically answer your question, you will indeed need to re-format the document if you create Printed Documentation again.

Cheers... Rick

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[Peter Grainge]

There will be a bit of tidying up whenever you regenerate as things like page breaks don't always land where you want them. Also tables may break across a page in a way you don't like. Styles however can be set up to be how you want them next time. The amount of work each time is fairly minimal. Perhaps ten minutes on a 300 page document.

There's an article on printed documentation on my site that should get you going.

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