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 select the attachments to include, and then you can select additional content to include for those items.

1.         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.

2.         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.

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

3.         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.  

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To include comments for the topic and for all of the attachments, check the Comments column heading.

4.         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.

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To include a change log for the topic and for all of the attachments, check the Change Log column heading.

5.         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:

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).

6.         Click Create PDF or Create 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.