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Scott Pechacek
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Web Help Print Function

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Seems like this would be an easy answer, but I can't seem to find it. When I publish my Web Help, I want the print icon/button to appear next to the other navigation buttons. The Help & Manual website online help shows this feature (see attachment).
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Re: Web Help Print Function

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Hi Scott,

For this you need to be using one of the skins that includes the print button option. You will see this in the "Skin Include Options" in the Publish screen when you select a skin like this. Then just check that option before publishing to include the print button. 8)
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Re: Web Help Print Function

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Hi Tim,

I appreciate the response. I don't see a web help skin that has the print function built into the layout. When I select the Print Manual option (see attached), nothing changes.

Are there other skins available?
Can we modify existing skins to include this function?

Scott
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Re: Web Help Print Function

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Hi Scott,

The Print button option is available in all the skins with the word "Responsive" in their names. Don't just click on the preview images, use the Open Skin option in the menu and look in the skins folder in \Templates\HTML Skins\ in the main Help+Manual program folder.

The skins with the word "integrated" in their names are prepared for a print icon but you need to take a couple of steps to activate it:
  1. Save the print1.gif and print2.gif files attached to this posting to your disk. Then open the .hmskin file in Help+Manual, navigate down to Project Files > Baggage Files, select Add File in the Project tab and add the two files to the skin baggage.
  2. Next navigate to Configuration > HTML Page Templates > Default and locate this block of code:

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    <IF_UNDEFINED__><a href="javascript:<IF_TOGGLES> HMToggleExpandAll(true);</IF_TOGGLES> print();"
        		onmouseover="document.images.prntr.src='print1.gif'" 
            onmouseout="document.images.prntr.src='print2.gif'"
            ><img name="prntr" border="0" alt="Print this Topic" title="Print this Topic" src="print2.gif"
            ></a></IF_UNDEFINED__>
  3. Delete the <IF_UNDEFINED__> and </IF_UNDEFINED__> tags at the beginning and end of the code, being very careful not to touch anything else.
  4. Save the skin and select the edited version the next time you want to publish with that skin.
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