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dukeofbroadway
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April 25, 2006
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Print Only One Page

  • April 25, 2006
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Is there a solution for my users to print only one page of a topic? I would like to use a print button for this.
Thanks,
Duke
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Chet Zeshonski
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May 1, 2006
Yes, you'll need to update the Word document each time you make a change to the corresponding topic. However, this process shouldn't take too much time. You should consider using the Status field for each topic, which can be set to "In Progress," "Ready for Review," and "Complete." Assuming that each topic is marked "Complete" when you begin making this month's changes, you can:

1. Mark each edited topic "In Progress."
2. Sort by Status in RH's Topics tab to identify all WIPs.
3. Generate printed output that includes only those topics.
4. Reimport the Word document.

As for where to store them - I don't see any harm in generating to the root of the source file. Personal preference, however, would lead me to store the files in separate folders. It really depends on your folder schema, in my opinion.

-Chet
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Chet Zeshonski
Inspiring
May 1, 2006
Oddly enough, if you generate printed documentation to the default SSL folder and then attempt to link the output to the CHM file, you will NOT be prompted to copy the file to the root project directory, and the link will NOT work. (It didn't work for me, anyway.) So I'd generate to the root directory.

-Chet
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dukeofbroadwayAuthor
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May 2, 2006
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RoboColum_n_
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April 25, 2006
Hi Duke. If you are referring to printing a page of a CHM file there is already an inbuilt facility when the print button or menu item is used. The user is asked whether they wish to print only that topic or all the topics under it in the TOC.
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dukeofbroadwayAuthor
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April 25, 2006
I'm actually using RoboHELPHTML X5 WebHelp. Any solution for this?
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Chet Zeshonski
Inspiring
April 27, 2006
Hi Elise,

I understand your solution also would work, but for now I guess I will follow Peter's suggestions since I have inherited topics of over 40 pages in some cases and I just don't have the time to start breaking them up into their own topic sections at this point and still meet my deadline.

Thanks everyone!
I believe another option exists: the user can highlight the desired text, open a print dialog, and select the "print selection" option. This gives the user more control, although you'll need to explain the process somewhere in your documentation. Given the length of some of your topics, I'd think a handy little "Printing Topics" topic will be very helpful. You can explain the various printing methods there.

Here's another option: Use RH to generate printed documentation for each topic in Word format, separating the topics as you do so via the print wizard. Next, provide a "printer-friendly version" link in each topic that links to the generated Word verson of the topic. If a user wants to print a particular page of a topic, he clicks the link, opens the Word file, and then prints the desired page. Because you can number the pages, the user will be able to see exactly what he is printing. (Peter's suggestion will work, but I suspect that a user won't ever be certain what "page 2" of a multi-page unnumbered frame contains.)

-Chet
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