Creating PDF of only selected topics?

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dmarino55
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Creating PDF of only selected topics?

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Is it possible to create a PDF that contains only selected files? We have a very large help system and want to create a PDF with only selected help topics. Any way to do this?

Thanks, Donna
Nita Beck
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Re: Creating PDF of only selected topics?

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Of course, it's possible. Forgive me for sounding really simplistic, but it's basically a matter of creating a PDF target and the TOC for that target. The TOC should have on it only the topics you want Flare to include in the PDF. By design, Flare will include in a PDF (or any print target) ONLY the topics that are on the TOC associated with the PDF target. Of course, there are MANY other things that come into play with PDF output, such as cover pages, generated tables of contents (based on a topic with a TOC proxy; not to be confused with the TOC), page layouts, chapter breaks, page breaks, and on and on.
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