Section Numbering in HTML Pages Output - does anyone have a work-around?
Debbie Pulver
Hi friends,
We are slowly moving over to use of HTML Pages output instead of/as well as Word>PDF. However, my manager really, really wants the topics to have numbered headings so that he can easily refer people to a specific heading number. The AIT KB says that AIT does not support this option, but I am wondering if anyone out there has developed a workaround?
Thanks in advance,
Debbie
Debbie Pulver
Technical Documentation Team Leader
R & D Department
Teledata Networks
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Miriam Lottner
Wow, that is such a bad idea and so not web friendly….they can just tell you the page number XYZ.html etc, or use a meta tag.
You could always maintain them by hand on the HTML Heading of the Web tab, but that seems painful at best and impossible at worst.
I don’t know of another workaround.
I have never seen anyone use it. Newspapers that have gone webby don’t have page numbers, neither do KBs….what is his source for thinking this is a good idea?
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Debbie Pulver
I agree that it's a bad idea. The problem is that my manager (CTO) is
often accosted in the corridor by people inside the company who are
looking for information. He likes to tell them "See section 5.3 in the
user manual". He thinks it's better and easier than telling them to
search for a term or topic. In some cases he could be right.
Another problem that has cropped up is that he wants the Next and
Previous buttons/links at both the beginning and the end of each
topic, but AIT only allows you to choose one of those options. Any
ideas?
Thanks,
Debbie
On Feb 2, 7:12 pm, "Miriam Lottner" <mir...@tech-tav.com> wrote:
> Wow, that is such a bad idea and so not web friendly..they can just tell you
>
> You could always maintain them by hand on the HTML Heading of the Web tab,
> but that seems painful at best and impossible at worst.
>
> I don't know of another workaround.
>
> I have never seen anyone use it. Newspapers that have gone webby don't have
>
> Shabbat Shalom!
>
> Miriam
>
> Miriam Lottner | CEO
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> Subject: [Author-it] Section Numbering in HTML Pages Output - does anyone
> have a work-around?
>
> Hi friends,
>
> We are slowly moving over to use of HTML Pages output instead of/as well as
> Word>PDF. However, my manager really, really wants the topics to have
> numbered headings so that he can easily refer people to a specific heading
> number. The AIT KB says that AIT does not support this option, but I am
> wondering if anyone out there has developed a workaround?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Debbie
>
> Debbie Pulver
>
> Technical Documentation Team Leader
>
> R & D Department
>
> Teledata Networks
>
> an Enablence Company
>
> Tel (W): 972-(0)9-9601530
>
> Tel (H): 972-(0)8-6570871
>
> Cell: 972-(0)50-5644608
>
>
> Skype: Dvoireh
> Please only print this e-mail if really necessary, and please recycle the
> paper afterwards!
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Miriam Lottner
Isn't a good search engine one of the main reason for putting the help
online in the first place?
If he memorized the headings -why wouldn’t he also know the names of the
heading? If you tell someone to search for a specific topic heading, it will
be the first result in the search.
I don't really know what else to say, other than that he won't find another
help with headings numbers no matter how long he searches.
The next/previous buttons can be customized to show in both places. Shlomo
can do that for you if you need.
Be well,
Miriam
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Debbie Pulver
I have found a solution - albeit not automated and requiring manual
hacking of the various TOC*.htm files after publishing. The heading
numbers will only appear in the TOC, but not in the topics themselves,
nor in hyperlinks. If you'd like to know how it's done, I can send you
a file which shows what to do.
Debbie