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When generating a Word or PDF document from the HTML help files a "next page" section break is used after each topic. How can I get a "continuous" section break instead?
I've been poking around a bit more. Here's the deal.
New chapters will always start on a new page and have a next or odd page break according to the Start New Chapters setting. If ticked it will be an Odd Page break, else a Next Page break.
Topics within a book will follow the Start Each Topic on a New Page setting. If ticked, each topic will be separated by a page break, not a section break. Else they will be on the same page with no breaks of any type.
Topics not within a book will be followed by
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I suspect this is because you have the printed documentation set to start new topics on new pages. Take a look at that first.
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I have that checked off.
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Sorry, this slipped through the net.
What versions of RH and Word please?
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I'm using RH HTML 8 and Word 2003. Thanks for your help on this.
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Click the Advanced button. Is the Start New Chapters... ticked? Try clearing that.
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No, that one is checked off too.
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I've been poking around a bit more. Here's the deal.
New chapters will always start on a new page and have a next or odd page break according to the Start New Chapters setting. If ticked it will be an Odd Page break, else a Next Page break.
Topics within a book will follow the Start Each Topic on a New Page setting. If ticked, each topic will be separated by a page break, not a section break. Else they will be on the same page with no breaks of any type.
Topics not within a book will be followed by a section break.
So section breaks are only created for chapters and topics not in a chapter.
Hope that helps. Please post back if you find otherwise.
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Peter,
Thanks for the time you put into this. I decided to not use "Chapters" to organize the pdf layout, so I'm getting the section breaks for topics not in a chapter.
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That's one of the scenarious I covered.
Trick: Put all the topics in one book and generate to Word instead of PDF. There you just remove the chapter name and then PDF it.
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Wish I'd thought of that.
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If you want all "continuous" breaks in the document, you can create a macro in Word with the following code and add it as a toolbar button for a one-click fix:
Sub setcontinuous()
ActiveDocument.PageSetup.SectionStart = wdSectionContinuous
End Sub