Printed documentation source files

When you create printed documentation, the following source files are created in the document project folder:

File:

Description:

PROJECT.DOC

The primary document output file. The purpose of this file is to provide a list of all file that are part of your printed documentation set. From this file, you can open any of the other files. To open a file, double-click the field at the left of the name.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.DOC

The table of contents for your documentation, based on the books and pages in your HTML table of contents.

BEGIN TOPICS.DOC

Any pages that appear above the first book in your HTML TOC appear in this file. If your TOC does not include pages above the first-level books, your printed documentation will not include this file.

TOPICS A.DOC, TOPICS B.DOC, etc.

The separate documents that organize your topics into groups, based on the structure of your TOC.

EXTRA TOPICS.DOC

All miscellaneous topics from your project that are not included in the HTML TOC.

INDEX.DOC

The index for your documentation, based on the index entries that the Document Wizard creates from your keywords.

*.DOT

The Word template that uses styles based on the styles in your style sheet. This file is saved in the same folder where your printed documents are created. It is attached to all files in the documentation set. If you want to create new files using this template or modify it, you should move it into your default Templates folder. To find out the location of your default Templates folder, open Word, from the Tools menu, select Options, and at the dialog click the File Locations tab.

 

Notes:

  • Depending on the options you select at the Document Wizard screens, your printed documentation may consist of a single .DOC file or several .DOC files. If the wizard creates a single .DOC file (TOPICS A.DOC), all topics are saved in it, as well as a table of contents at the beginning and an index at the end (if you choose to create these features).

  • The Document Wizard adds one index entry for each corresponding keyword that appears in each topic. For example, if a topic includes the keyword "panda bear" and the topic content uses the text "panda bear" three times, only the first occurrence of the keyword is indexed. The Microsoft Word index entry for "panda bear" {XE "panda bear" }will only be inserted at the first occurrence in each topic that uses it.

  • The Document Wizard adds three templates to your default template directory that it uses during the printed documentation process. These files include: Htm2doc.dot, Htm2docm.dot, and Htm2dot.dot. Do not remove these files or edit them in any way.

  • If you move templates created by the Document Wizard into your default Templates folder, make sure you do not overwrite existing templates that use the same name.