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How do you order topics within the Project Manager?

Community Beginner ,
Sep 21, 2008 Sep 21, 2008

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Hi all,

I notice that the workflow in RH is that first you use the Project Manager (PM) to build a sort of structured topic database, and then you use the database to generate a TOC.

Ok, so far so good, but the immediate little issue I am having is that I see that the PM arranges my topics within each folder in alphabetical order. Since, by default, the TOC is generated with the topics in this default order, I would like to change the order in which the topics are arranged within the PM. I don't seem to find any way to do this. I can't drag and there are no Move buttons for this pod. What am I missing?

TIA

- avi

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 21, 2008 Sep 21, 2008

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I just noticed the thread a little earlier entitled, "out of order chapters in RH".

So I am not the only having the problem. Is this serious? Is this RoboHelp 7 or RoboHelp 1?

This looks pretty bad.

- avi

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Valorous Hero ,
Sep 21, 2008 Sep 21, 2008

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Hi Avi

You aren't missing anything. That's the way it works with the Project Manager Pod. It simply lists your topic files in alphabetical order.

For starters, I would never recommend that anyone always automatically create the TOC. I might suggest using that only as a first step in building a TOC. After it has been built initially, any added or amended topics would then be manually added and rearranged by you after the changes have been made.

Unless you are happy with things that way (and I assume you aren't as you are posting to ask how to make it different) you will find yourself constantly frustrated. Note that if you auto create the TOC, you get ALL topics inside. And in many help files there are topics that never see the light of day in the TOC structure.

All that aside, I do see a great many folks that want to have an ability to arrange topics in their Project Manager pod as they want. For you and anyone else that wants this, you should consider submitting a Wish Form to ask for the feature.

Click here to view the WishForm/Bug Reporting Form

Cheers... Rick

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Thanks for the response,

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