Specifying Default Publication Settings for Documents

Show R/O/C column

Select this option to display the R/O/C column in published output.

Use full-text option value in R/O/C column

Select this option to display Required, Optional, or Conditional in the published content.

NOTE: You must select Show R/O/C column to enable this option.

Show Example Sections

Select this option to display the example sections.

Hide Empty Example Sections

Select this option to hide empty example sections.

NOTE: You must select Show Example Sections to enable this option.

Mirror Margins

Select this option to create booklet-style, double-sided pages for PDF and Word outputs.

Use compressed images to reduce Word and PDF file sizes

Select this option to use compressed images in the Word and PDF outputs. Compressing images will reduce the overall file size for both Word and PDF files.

Publish Exercise Answers

Select this option to publish exercise answers.

Show callouts

Select this option to display callouts in published outputs.

NOTE: Callouts will only display in publications containing screenshots. The font, font size, and line thickness of the callout is not configurable.

This setting only applies to publications and is independent of the separate "Show callouts" setting in the Document Editor File > Preferences that controls whether Editor callouts are visible in the Editor.

Insert a page break before each screen shot

Select this option to insert a break before screen shots.

Crop screen shot to page size for Word, PDF, and Print publishing

Select this option to automatically crop screen images in Word, PDF, and Print published output, to avoid scaling of screen images that can result in degradation of the image.

A red-dotted rectangle displays on the screen images that will be cropped in Word, PDF, and Print published outputs. This rectangle is drawn only in the Document Editor. If the size of a given screen image is less than the page size defined in the template, the entire screen will be included in Word, PDF, and print published outputs even if this option is selected.

NOTE: If applicable, the cropped screen size will be adjusted based on the callout.

Maximum Screen Width

Specify a maximum width for screenshots included in HTML publications.

NOTE: If the actual screenshot width is larger than this value, the screenshot will be scaled down to this width in the published output.

Maximum Screen Height

Specify a maximum height for screenshots included in HTML publications.

NOTE: If the actual screenshot height is larger than this value, the screenshot will be scaled down to this height in the published output.

Margins

1. Specify Top, Bottom, Left, and Right margins.
2. Select the Unit of measurement in the drop-down list.

Page Size

1. Select a page size from the Common Sizes drop-down list.
2. Specify a Height and Width.

   NOTE: These fields populate automatically unless you select Custom in the Common Sizes drop-down list.

3. Select the Unit of measurement in the drop-down list.