This option creates a content source with a file (.odtpc) for each topic. Each standalone topic file contains everything needed for playback in See It!, Try It!, Know It? or Do It! modes without having to be associated with a content source.
To play standalone topic files, you must install the Topic Player. Once this Player is installed, a user can then double-click the topic (.odtpc) file and play it in any mode. If you have the Developer installed on your computer, you can double-click on a standalone topic file to launch it without installing the Topic Player.
The following publishing options are available for Standalone Topic Files:
Content
Sound: By default (Medium), sound files are published at the medium playback quality. You can select one of three sound playback quality settings; Low (5.5 kHz), Medium (11 kHz), or High (22 kHz). Medium produces sound files (.FLV) in the published output roughly double that of the Low setting. High produces published sound files (.FLV) roughly double that of the Medium settings. Sound playback can be excluded by changing the setting to None.
Convert screenshots to 256 colors: Reduces the number of colors used in the screenshots, which therefore reduces the size of the published topics and improves the playback speed.
Output
Use encoded folder and file names: Publishes the content using the document GUID instead of actual module, section, and topic names. Encoding shortens path names and prevents the possibility of duplicate file name in the published output. This option makes it more difficult to identify the source based on the file name.
Print It!
Format for Print It! mode: If you enable Print It! mode for topics using the Play Modes property, you can use this option to determine which document style is included when you publish formats that support Print It! mode. Choose "none" if you do not want to publish Print It! mode (even when this mode has been enabled for topics). By default, Job Aid and System Process are the only options for Print It! mode. However, other styles can appear as choices by editing the Style.xml file for any publishing project document. If you want a publishing style to appear as a choice, modify the PrintItStyle Setting of the Style.xml file to have a value of 1.
Text mode: Each document output uses the text from a specific mode. Use this option to specify the mode text.
Include screenshots: Screenshots are included in a document based on the settings for the topic in the Topic Editor. This option allows you to override those settings and choose to include one screenshot per topic, one screenshot for each frame, or no screenshots
Convert screenshots to 256 colors: Reduces the number of colors used in the screenshots, which therefore reduces the size of the published topics and improves the playback speed.
Include alternatives: Alternative Actions and Paths appear in document and Presentation outputs. Use this option to make the output simpler, with only one set of steps.
Include relative links: Disable this option to exclude relative links from printed output.
Output format: Published output is in HTML Web Page.
If you choose Adobe PDF format, the document is published to Word first and then converted to PDF. If you choose HTML Web Page format, the document is published to Word and then saved as a web page using the Web Page, Filtered option in Word. This creates a single HTML file, but all of the graphics are separate, linked files.
Note for Adobe Acrobat: If you are using Microsoft Word 2003, you must have Adobe Acrobat 8.0 (or greater) Standard or Professional edition installed to create PDF output. After Adobe Acrobat is installed, make the following changes to the PDF conversion settings in Microsoft Word: From the Adobe PDF menu, choose Change Conversion Settings, and deselect the View Adobe PDF result and Prompt for Adobe PDF file name options. If you are using Microsoft Word 2007 or higher, it has built-in support for Adobe Acrobat, so a separate installation of Adobe Acrobat is not needed.
Microsoft file type: If you choose the Microsoft Word output format, you can use this option to indicate whether you want the documents to be in .doc (Word 2003) or .docx (Word 2007) format.
Paper size: The paper size is set based on the Location setting in the Regional & Language options for your operating system locale. You can override this setting by choosing a different paper size. If you customize the print template to have a special paper size (for example, to print Job Aids on smaller cards), choose the option to use the print template setting; otherwise, it will be overridden during publishing.