Another "Show Navigation Pane" question

We would like to display the "Show" link at the bottom the
topic rather than at the top, where it detracts from the topic
title. Is there an easy way to do this?
G

Hi Gravenstein
If you have a copy of my Skinny on Skins file, look at the
Table of Contents. The bottom book is labeled "Topic Pages". I
think what you want is inside this book.
Click
here to visit the download page
Hopefully this helps... Rick

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In the layout properties WebHelp Navigation screen (2nd page
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I don't see any such link in my topics when I generate
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Anyone using this option, or know what it is supposed to do?
I am using Breadcrumbs Links and these are working
fine.

Hi Rick,
First, thanks for all your help over the years with both RH
and Captivate, and for the great hints at your site.
Second, I was *hoping* this option would show the nav pane
link in the following case:
In my project I have set up a 2-pane window (Main_window) and
a 1-pane window (CS_Window).
Main_window is used for calling Help from the toolbar button
and some other places in the app when we want users to open help to
the default topic.
CS_window is called from our app when a user presses F1 in a
dialog (context-sensitive help). This window displays pertinent
topic and toolbar but no nav pane. Just what I want.
Problem is, there is no way for users to access nav pane from
the context-sensitive window. Related topics etc are all opened in
this same window. In order to get more info, users have to close
the help and re-open it via the toolbar or other link.
When a user presses F1, I would like them to see the "naked"
topic, with a way to open the nav pane.
What is the best way to acheive this?
Is there a way to invoke a context-sensitive topic outside
the WebHelp frameset so that this nav pane link will appear, and do
what you describe?
OR
Is there a way to add a button to my CS_Window that would
re-open the topic in the Main_window, which includes the nav pane.
OR
Other ideas? Suggestions greatly appreciated!
Jeanne
PS RoboHelp 7's own Help suffers from same problem: Click the
Help button in a dialog, see the pertinent topic, but there is no
way to find additonal info unless it is listed as a related topic.
You have to close the Help window and invoke Help via the menu to
see the nav pane.

Always show Navigation Pane?

Hi
Is there a way to always have the Navigation Pane visible?
I use it constantly and it is really annoying in Acrobat DC to always have to show all the options for the Pane I regularly use.
D

Hi 32323232323,
Please let me know if Navigation Pane is open by default for every PDF file that you open in Acrobat DC.
In a particular document, you can hide Navigation Pane (as suggested above) and save it.
Then, open your file again and it will be hidden. The buttons that are displayed on the left hand side work area just provide you an easy access to several panels.
You can refer this KB doc link to know more about Acrobat DC workspace basics:
Acrobat Help | Workspace basics
Regards,
Anubha

Show Navigation pane link in topics disappears

When I click on a help link the topic with the navigation
pane link is shortly displayed and is then replaced with the topic
and the TOC in the left pane. I want to display the topic with the
navigation pane link.

Clarification of the WebHelp generation process seems to be
called for.
The .htm file that appears in the "Select Output Folder and
Start Page" field at the top of the first "WebHelp General -
WebHelp" dialog is the file in which RH will place all the frameset
and browser information needed to display the three frames (toolbar
pane, left-hand TOC/Index/Search navigation pane, and right-hand
topic pane). (The "Default Topic" field, in the same dialog, tells
RH which actual content page/topic to display when that start page
is launched.)
The direct launching of any other topic (you double clicking
the filename or R&D calling it in the application) will result
in one topic pane being displayed for that topic, with the "Show"
button provided to switch over to the three-pane frameset.
However, launching a specific topic
indirectly through the start page will display that page
with the three-pane format. The call from the application would
then be StartPage.htm#DestinationPage.htm. If you want to open the
same topic at a prearranged bookmark, the call would be
StartPage.htm#DestinationPage.htm#BookmarkSection.
Good luck,
Leon

Show Navigation Pane automatically

How do you show the Navigation Pane automatically for
context-sensitive Help insteas of the Show link? We call the Help
from a web application using map ID's but we want users to see the
TOC & Search right away without clicking a Show link. Any help
will be really appreciated. Thanks in advance.

That sounds like the dialog for a new topic coming up first!
Are you sure WebHelp is defined as the primary layout?
See
http://www.grainge.org/test/window3.jpg
If Window Properties is set up when webhelp is the default
layout, then you should see this dialog.
http://www.grainge.org/test/window.jpg
I suspect you are seeing this one which means HTML is set as
the primary dialog. The window does not change when you change the
default. You have to create a new one.
http://www.grainge.org/test/window2.jpg

How do I hide the Navigation Pane by default in a programmable way?

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I am looking for a way to make a PDF file not showing navigation pane when it is opened, in a programmable way.
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Key
Type
Value
HideWindowUI
boolean
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I have ever seen this method before, but it can't address my problem. I can't ask my customers to change their registry, cause I even don't know who they are...
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I'm a new Mac owner, with a Macbook Pro 13" 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5, with 8GB RAM, 256GB storage. I'm operating on the latest OS (Maverick), freshly purchased from the Apple store today (July 5, 2014).
Can you help me figure out if there is some way, in Word 2011 for Mac, to use the navigation pane (aka Sidebar) to click and drag entire sections of the document to a new location? This was basic (advanced, but fundamental) functionality in every version of Word I've used in recent years on Windows machines, and it is the critical reason I purchased Word instead of using one of a dozen free options. My job involves managing and editing large documents--from 2500 to 90,000 words--and the navigation pane/sidebar is crucial to my sanity.
Previously, I would open the navigation pane and it would show me the structure of my document based on the Heading types. I could click on a heading (say, a chapter title), inside the navigation pane, and drag it to a new location elsewhere in the document. So simple to rearrange the structure of large documents this way. Now, in the Word 2011 for Mac, I can call up the navigation pane (now called the "sidebar") and view the structure of the doc, but I can't actually click and drag anything in the navigation pane.
Other than this, so far my switch to Mac has gone swimmingly. I love the machine, and am amazed at how much cleaner and easier it is to set up than Windows machines. I'm so frustrated that I even have to interface with Microsoft any more, but this one piece of functionality is critical to me.
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
Heather

Dear Heather,
I don't know the specific answer to your question.
But as a new Mac owner, you should make sure that you are using the very latest version of Word 2011 for Mac.
My recommendation, if you haven't already done this, is to open Word and do Help > Check for Updates from Word's menu, and install any updates Microsoft has released.
They typically issue updates once or twice a month.
Enjoy your Mac!

Showing the Navigation Pane all the time

We're doing WebHelp, Navigation Pane generated as pure HTML,
all help files rolled into software, on RoboHelp 7.
When the developer calls the page, we get only the page
without the Navigation Pane (and the "show" link).
How do we make sure the Navigation Pane gets called with the
page?

Hi bonniemay63 and welcome to our community
Give
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link a try.
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Navigation pane not showing in merged output on server (IE9)

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We've moved our WebHelp outputs from an externally maintained server to an in-house server, but the left-hand navigation pane isn't displaying in our merged Help system. In our user guide (which isn't merged) the pane displays fine, but in our release notes (which is a merged system) it doesn't want to show itself. The main navigation pane and topic pane are fine, it's just the left-hand navigation pane that's blank.
I'm running IE9, but the weird thing is that it displays correctly in Firefox. It also works when run locally.
Both Help systems worked absolutely fine on the previous server, so I'm wondering if there's a conflict with something else that's running on the new server (e.g. our website's CMS, etc.) or whether it's a permissions thing?
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I was recently using my Adobe Acrobat Pro. 8 at work to edit a PDF document ... I commonly use the navigation panels and toolbars to make my work easier and yesterday something really weird happened ... As i was using the navigation panels on the left side of the screen, i started to click my mouse on the side panels because it seemed like the panels werent working (specifically the "Pages" display panel) when i guess my computer was just running a bit slow ... when computer came to be up to speed ALL my Navigation Panels on the side disappeared along with any toolbars that i had on the top of my screen (all i had was the Menu Bar aat the top of the screen) ... I tried using the "Reset Panels" and "Show Navigation Panel", selections but they didnt seem to work .. finally, i clicked on the "Pages" selection from the "View" --> "Navigation Panels" which brought up the panels , but when i clicked on the buttons, none of them worked and still dont work ... Somehow, this issue has changed all of the PDF files on my ENTIRE computer (where i have no toolbars and no working navigation buttons as the default view) ... I spent an hour on the phone with my company help desk with no success (even after removing and re-installing the program, which i was sure would restore the original defaults i had previously) ... Im sure that it has something to do with the preferences or something, but i just cant figure it out and its really slowing down my work .... PLEASE SOMEONE HELP !!! ... Thanks

Thank you for the response.
Do you know what the logic was to make such a dramatic change - since all the previous versions of Acrobat permitted the forms toolbar in the regular view? They must have thought this format was better. Any ideas?

Navigation Pane/Bookmarks question in Adobe 9

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Programmatically add a navigation pane to Framemaker

Hi everybody,
When you edit a Framemaker file (in unstructured mode), it would be nice to have side pane that shows the file structure based (like a mini TOC). This feature has been implemented in Word 2010 and it is very helpful.
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TIA,
Roman

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Re-reading before sending reminds me of another option, namely generating a list of paragraphs with hyperlinks. As with a TOC, you can specify which paragraph formats to extract. Using the FrameMaker "hyperclick" Ctrl+Alt+Click on a hyperlink or cross-reference in a FM document moves the insertion point to the source of that link. You can have multiple generated lists, each with more or fewer paragraph formats, for different navigation granularity. Generating the list from a book provides cross-document navigation.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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Arnis Gubins wrote:
That was the "Enhance" plug-in from SandyBrook Software (http://www.sandybrook.com/). Unfortunately, it hasn't been update since FM7.2 on XP.
There's also Steve Kubis' Outline Tool available from Silicon Prairie Software at: http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Products.html

Hiding Navigation Pane in Adobe Acrobat/Reader 8.x

Is there some way to hide the navigation pane programmatically ? I know that you can set this as a PDF document property, but that doesn't do me any good. Why is there a way to hide the tool bar and a way to tell the PDF to be viewed without bookmarks and thumbnails, but no way to hide the navigation pane?
roy

Leonard,
I've developed APIs before on various products I have worked on over the past 27+ years in software development. When I built those APIs I tried to expose a consistent set of functionality out of the gate, that I thought would benefit folks who were trying to leverage our APIs. Being able to show/hide various UI components, at a minimum, is a big win. Why some components have this functionality exposed and others done, seems puzzling to me. And omission, really. There are 10 posts in this thread and I have seen others in this forum asking the same exact question. Are API requests derived from this forum? I kind of assumed that since you worked for Adobe, one of the tasks that a forum monitor/forum moderator does is pass useful customer feedback onto the development group. If this is not the case and I need to "formally" request this somewhere else, please let me know where such a mechanism exists.
What are the chances that "requests" get implemented? I needed this functionality yesterday, not a release or two from now.
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Using Navigation Pane and Filter on WAD

Hi experts,
Couple of quick questions regarding WAD :
1) When I first execute the WAD planning layout, I basically get the selection screen based on the variables that were defined on the query. One of my variables is basically a naviagtional attribute. After I make the selection and execute the WAD based layout, I get my results screen with my plan data. But I also want to see above my layout the values that were entered in my selections when I executed the layout. I treid to use the 'Navigation Pane', and by defining it to show me those ' Free characteristics in my query'.
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2) I created a 'Drop-down' in WAD for one of my naviagation attaributes. I defined it as follows:
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Data Provider: Query that I have that reads the navigation attribute from master data.
Characteristic: Selected the techincal name of the navigational attribute.
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Thanks

Hi Ehab,
For the first one, you can have a property in the Template properties.
Click on anywhere in the template other than on web items. Now select Web item properties tab on the left side. Go to "Entries in Context Menu">"Display Variable screen">Always Display.
By doing this, the variables you have selected will not be displayed once you have executed but you can go to variable screen with the selections you have made in that execution using Context menu.
Hope this helps u...
Regards,
KK.

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How do I remove signature validation from Adobe Reader X navigation pane? The first time X opened it asked if I wanted the feature and I said yes, but now I do not want it when I open a document that has a signature.

Leonard,
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What are the chances that "requests" get implemented? I needed this functionality yesterday, not a release or two from now.
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