Creating an Expanding/Collapsing Section
In online Help Targets, you can create sections that are expanded or collapsed by default. This is an ideal way to subdivide a long topic in online Help. The sections can be displayed as expanded or collapsed by default, and include “+” and “-” controls for end users next to each section and at the top of the topic.
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Collapsible Headers In Word File
Where to find the Collapsible Section button
•Doc-To-Help’s Content Editor: the Insert tab
•Microsoft® Word: the Doc-To-Help toolbar or ribbon
•Microsoft® FrontPage®, and Adobe® Dreamweaver®: the Doc-To-Help D2HML Styles toolbar or ribbon.
To create expanding/collapsing sections
1. Select the header and the text that you would like to make into a section. (An example header: 'Penn State' and then the text could be a description of the university.)
2. Click the Collapsible Section button. The Collapsible Section dialog box will open. The selected text will display in the Header and Text areas.
3. If you would like the section to be collapsed by default, select the Collapsed radio button in the Options area.
For text expanded by default, select the Expanded radio button.
4. Click OK.
5. Continue creating sections. Note that the Heading for each section now has the C1H Section Collapsed or C1H Section Expanded style applied to it.
Please Note: The Generate XHTML check box in the Help Targets dialog box must be selected to enable expanding/collapsing sections.
The header will be displayed in the Target with a “+” and “-” control next to it. When the user clicks on the control, the text will be displayed or hidden. The 'Expand All' or 'Collapse All' control at the top of the topic will allow the user to expand/collapse all of the text at once.
This is an example of a topic with sections collapsed by default; Doc-To-Help automatically added the “Expand All” control at the top of the topic.
Please note: In EPUB Targets, all content in Collapsible Sections will be displayed (just as it would in Manual Targets).
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