Toggles in Printed Manuals

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Sheri Steeves
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Toggles in Printed Manuals

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Hello,

Hopefully this is the correct forum, feel free to move this if it is not.

I've jsut started with H&M, and have introduced toggles into our chm help. We also are producing a PDF user guide from the same content.

My question is: What is the general consensus in regard to toggles in printed material.

By default, they are printed expanded (which makes sense :) ), but the toggle line is a non-underlined, normal text line with the toggle expanded icon.

I am considering using IFPDF-ELSE-ENDIF around all my toggles and use headings and the same text as my toggle's expanded area.

This would give, I feel, a more professional look to the printed documentation. What do others out there do? Are printed toggles accepted professionally, or is it worth the extra time?

Thanks
Sheri.
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