Select content attributes for a topic PDF or ZIP file

When you create a Portable Document Format (.pdf) file or a compressed .zip file (which contains a .pdf file) for a topic, you can select additional content to include. A Change Log includes a Topic History section that provides a summary of the changes made to the Topic General Information.

1. On the Topics tab of the Topic Management page, select a topic's Row Action Menu () and click Create PDF or Create ZIP.
2. On the Select Attachments dialog box, select the attachments and click Next.
   The Select Attributes dialog box appears and lists the topic and each attachment that you selected for inclusion. The first row that appears, with Topic - <topic-name> in the Content column, represents the topic as a whole.
3. Choose one of the following:
   • To include information about the source of an attachment, check Source Details.

     The .pdf file includes Source Details in the section for that attachment with the help text that appears when you hover on the name of the attachment on the Topic page. Additionally, if more information is available for the type of attachment, it appears after the attachment in the PDF file.

   • To include source details for every attachment, check the Source Details column heading.

4. Choose one of the following:
   • To include all comments made about the topic as a whole, or about an attachment, check Comments.

     The .pdf file includes a section for Topic Comments, or a subsection for the attachment's comments.

   • To include comments for the topic and for all of the attachments, check the Comments column heading.
5. Choose one of the following:
   • To include a log of changes made to the topic or an attachment, check Change Log.

     The .pdf file includes a Topic History section that shows the information from the History section of the topic, or an attachment-name Log subsection with changes to the attachment.

   • To include a change log for the topic and for all of the attachments, check the Change Log column heading.
6. To specify the order in which attachment information will be presented in the .pdf file, click a row to highlight it, and then use the following buttons:

   Button	Use To
   	Move the attachment information to the top of the PDF file.
   	Move the attachment information up in the PDF file.
   	Move the attachment information down in the PDF file.
   	Move the attachment information to the bottom of the PDF file.

   Note:

   The section with information about the topic as a whole is always first in the .pdf. You cannot move the Topic - <topic-name> row (top row).
7. For a PDF file, click Create PDF or Create Accessible PDF. For a ZIP file, click Create Zip Archive or Create Accessible Zip Archive.

   The application creates the .pdf or .zip file. The .pdf file includes links on the first page to navigate to various sections. Files or URL attachments within the .pdf file are linked to from within the PDF file.

   Note:

   Security features in Adobe Acrobat Reader might prevent you from opening a .zip file from within the .pdf file. See the Adobe website for instructions on modifying this behavior.
8. Open or save the PDF or ZIP file.

   Note:

   You can view the generated topic PDF file in a browser. You can also open the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat for full support, including viewing tooltips on images, opening attached files, and for accessibility.