Page number links in print version
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Page number links in print version
It would be great it H&M had an option when inserting a link to include a page number link in the printed manual. eg:
[ ] Include page number link?
The resulting link in the print manual would look something like this:
"For more information see the section on exiting the program (page 36)."
In HTML help:
"For more information see the section on exiting the program."
Just an idea
SH
[ ] Include page number link?
The resulting link in the print manual would look something like this:
"For more information see the section on exiting the program (page 36)."
In HTML help:
"For more information see the section on exiting the program."
Just an idea
SH
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I agree for the need ... but how to implement it ? Not technically (that is not my problem but conceptually ? I have perhaps 10-20 hot-links per topic. Do I really want all of these to have an extra (p.30) appended ? This could really break the flow.
Another solution would be footnotes. This would not break the flow.
Another solution would be footnotes. This would not break the flow.
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If it is an option, then you would not need to select it for every link.
I envision this as an option in the Topic Link window. For example, there could be a check box to select Display page link in Word/PDF, and the link would look like this:
See "Introduction" on page 1
where the author could edit the text part (see...on page), and perhaps fiddle with the fields also (as in FrameMaker).
Also, it would be nice to simply remove the underlining from text links in the Word/PDF version.
I envision this as an option in the Topic Link window. For example, there could be a check box to select Display page link in Word/PDF, and the link would look like this:
See "Introduction" on page 1
where the author could edit the text part (see...on page), and perhaps fiddle with the fields also (as in FrameMaker).
Also, it would be nice to simply remove the underlining from text links in the Word/PDF version.
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Me too, too.
Some of my documentation will always be used primarily in printed form, and any feature that enhances the printed version of an HM3 file is more than welcome. It's especially intriguing to consider features that could generate different text (no matter how slight the difference) in the online and printed versions of a common source.
Maintaining that common source is important, too, as so is online/on-screen access to the same material that also appears in print -- hence our interest in H&M.
Why do we think we still need printed manuals in the 21st century?
Our company offers a number of software products linking handheld computers operated off-site to office-based PC "host systems." The office personnel working on PCs, obviously, have access to online Help, but the drivers operating the handheld units need instructional/reference materials, too. The drivers have no access to a PC screen on the truck during the day, when they would need a problem solved or a question answered, and the obvious solution for them is a good old-fashioned user manual.
Some of my documentation will always be used primarily in printed form, and any feature that enhances the printed version of an HM3 file is more than welcome. It's especially intriguing to consider features that could generate different text (no matter how slight the difference) in the online and printed versions of a common source.
Maintaining that common source is important, too, as so is online/on-screen access to the same material that also appears in print -- hence our interest in H&M.
Why do we think we still need printed manuals in the 21st century?
Our company offers a number of software products linking handheld computers operated off-site to office-based PC "host systems." The office personnel working on PCs, obviously, have access to online Help, but the drivers operating the handheld units need instructional/reference materials, too. The drivers have no access to a PC screen on the truck during the day, when they would need a problem solved or a question answered, and the obvious solution for them is a good old-fashioned user manual.
Tom Henehan
CompuVend, Inc.
Makers of DEX Buzz Box®
3322 Hessmer Avenue, Suite 201
Metairie, LA 70002
CompuVend, Inc.
Makers of DEX Buzz Box®
3322 Hessmer Avenue, Suite 201
Metairie, LA 70002
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Page number links in print version
Excellent idea.
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Page number links in print version
Thanks Alexander.
How does it work? (We do not mean page referers)
We're using build 3.20.702.
How does it work? (We do not mean page referers)
We're using build 3.20.702.
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Page number links in print version
Sorry, we mean the following:
We want (only in the printed manual) on a certain place in the help "text"
refer (via the appropriate pagenumber) to another place in the text.
We want (only in the printed manual) on a certain place in the help "text"
refer (via the appropriate pagenumber) to another place in the text.
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That works.
Instead of using the RTF format use the PDF format, with 'Similar to a Printed Manual' and 'Insert Page Referrers' turned on.
Not to sure of the format, of the page referrer. It looks good, but is quite small.
I would like it to say 'on page **' as suggested by others in this thread, and be the same size as my font, . At the moment the graphical representation of the page is the same size as the font, but of course the page number is then smaller.
I intend to leave the page referrers in my interactive PDF, so if a customer wishes to use it online or print it out, it works for both.
Instead of using the RTF format use the PDF format, with 'Similar to a Printed Manual' and 'Insert Page Referrers' turned on.
Not to sure of the format, of the page referrer. It looks good, but is quite small.
I would like it to say 'on page **' as suggested by others in this thread, and be the same size as my font, . At the moment the graphical representation of the page is the same size as the font, but of course the page number is then smaller.
I intend to leave the page referrers in my interactive PDF, so if a customer wishes to use it online or print it out, it works for both.