Hyperlinks to page number cross-refs, etc.

I'm considering whether to upgrade to RH 7 or a different
product. When generating WebHelp to printed doc, can RH 7
standalone convert hyperlinks to page number cross-refs? Requires
setup or automatic?
I'm assuming that RH 7 requires generating printed doc to
Word. Right? By any chance can it convert directly to PDF with the
same output result as to Word?
In RH 7 is the Generate Printed Doc much improved, and in
which ways, from RH 5?
Thanks.

D'oh! My bad!
I thought what was being referred to was "out of the box" behavior of X5 with no special macros applied.
Perhaps I'm remembering it wrong.
I always defer to anything print related to Peter. And I really must get used to the fact he's really not asleep in England at 12:11 AM now but is wide awake in Colorado!
<groveling away now>
Cheers all... Rick
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Anyone have hack for dealing with the lack of page number
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kfc

Sorry for the slow reply, I needed to check with someone
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Is page numbering a requirement or do you would you be happy
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If a master document is not recommended for a large manual,
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No but you can easily add them afterwards. There is a macro
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If you feel that me alerting you to the fact your are VIOLATING forum policy is an issue, please feel free to ask others their view.. (posting to a 3 year old closed thread, creating MULTIPLE threads for a single issue..) You do NOT seem to get the idea that posting this in the Bi Publisher support forum would probably get you a BETTER response than here.. Asking pl/sql questions here will also get people to refer your questions to the PL/Sql Support forum..
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