Setting Book Properties

Book Setup in the Book Editor enables you set properties for two categories: General, and Table of Contents.

  • General Category—Provides global book settings. You can set the paper size, set page numbering to consecutive, include the table of contents in page numbering, collate the table of contents based on reports or on member selection, include related content in batch output, specify the starting page number and enable embedded content processing (FRExecute and hyperlinks).

  • Table of Contents Category—You can include the table of contents in printed output, and set the page orientation.

  To make changes to the book's General properties:

  1. Right-click a book and select Open In, and then Editor.

  2. From the right-side pane list, select Book Setup. Under General, you can edit these properties:

    • Paper Size

    • Consecutive Page Numbering

      You must specify page numbering in the header or footer of each report in the book before you can print the page number.

    • Include Table of Contents in Page Numbering

    • Collate Reports By

    • Include Related Content in Batch Output

      When a Book has the Book Setup property set to Include Related Content in Batch Output, and a Complete Book in PDF is generated, all related content links in the resulting PDF are included. The Related Content link objects are shown following the Report from which they were linked. The Related Content link objects are always included in the book table of contents. They are shown as children of the report from which they were linked. If the same object is linked multiple times or from different reports, the object is only included once and will only appear in the book table of contents once.

    • Starting Page Number

    • Enable Embedded Content Processing: Select Yes to turn on the processing of Word, HTML and URL objects for FRExecute functions and hyperlinks. Select No to turn off the processing of Word, HTML and URL objects for FRExecute functions and hyperlinks; You would select No for books with Microsoft Word objects that do not have any RExecute functions or hyperlinks.

  To make changes to the book's table of contents properties:

  1. Right-click a book and select Open In, and then Editor to open the Book Editor.

  2. From the right-side pane drop-down list, select Book Setup. You can edit the following below the Table of Contents topic:

    • Include in Printed Output

      For HTML or PDF Preview, this option does not apply. The book preview always includes the table of contents for the book.

    • Orientation: Select Portrait or Landscape