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	Note that the Category Sort value should be set to 000 for the title page. All other articles included in the document should have a sort value assigned to them to indicate the position in the document.		Note that the Category Sort value should be set to 000 for the title page. All other articles included in the document should have a sort value assigned to them to indicate the position in the document.
	*If required, create an appendix page. This [[Template:Doc_Appendix\|Template]] can be used as an example. This page should be named as the document title plus the word "Appendix" on the end. Note that the Category Sort should be set to 999.		*If required, create an appendix page. This [[Template:Doc_Appendix\|Template]] can be used as an example. This page should be named as the document title plus the word "Appendix" on the end. Note that the Category Sort should be set to 999 or ZZZ (last in the list of pages).
	*Create the Category page as in the following example:		*Create the Category page as in the following example:
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	~~{{Warning}}~~ This page ~~has been superseded by [[~~Assist ~~Upgrade Actions]]. See there for more information. However, this old version might contain some useful information, so is preserved~~.		This page is intended to help with the automated production of PDF Books from the Assist pages.

			There are two ways of creating a PDF document:
			* As a single page
			* As a book - generated from multiple categorized pages.

			== Single Page ==
			For a single page, use the templates provided [[Help:CreateNewPage\|here]]. These are designed to help you create new pages or documents, using templates to make the documents work properly.

	~~This page is intended to help with the automated production of PDF Books from the Assist pages.~~

	==Creation of ~~the book~~==		==Creation of a Book==
	*Create a title page, as the Document title plus the word "Title" on the end. The page can be created using the template provided. In addition, the footer must be configured on this page, utilising comments. For example:		*Create a title page, as the Document title plus the word "Title" on the end. The page can be created using the template provided. In addition, the footer must be configured on this page, utilising comments. For example:
	<pre>		<pre>
	<nowiki>		<nowiki>
	{{Doc_Title\|System=Calidus ''Vision''\|Title=Vision Coding and Release\|Reference=236343\|Version=1.0\|Date=9th May 2011}}		{{Doc_Title\|System=Calidus ''Vision''\|Title=Vision Coding and Release\|Reference=236343\|Version=1.0\|Date=9th May 2011}}
	~~<!-- FOOTER LEFT "236343" -->~~
	~~<!-- FOOTER CENTER "Commercial In Confidence" -->~~
	~~<!-- FOOTER RIGHT "$PAGE of $PAGES" -->~~
	</nowiki>		</nowiki>
	</pre>		</pre>
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	==Production==
	Click the link on the category entry created above, or ~~amend~~ the ~~Category URL~~ in the ~~browser as follows:~~		==Production of the PDF==
	~~<pre>?action=pdfbook</pre>~~		Click the link on the category entry created above, or click the Download/Print as PDF link in the toolbar from the category or from the single page.
	~~'''Note:''' To produce a document of a single article, add~~ the ~~following to~~ the ~~URL of the article:~~
	~~<pre>?action=pdfbook&format=single</pre>~~

	==Setup Requirements==		==Setup Requirements==
			See [[Assist PDF Production Code]] for details, but the PDF Book extension should already have been enabled in all Assist instances for you.

	[[Category:Assist Guides]]		[[Category:Assist Guides]]
	[[Category:ASSIST]]		[[Category:ASSIST]]

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2024-08-05T12:39:36Z

Categorisation

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	[[Category:Assist Guides]]		[[Category:Assist Guides]]
			[[Category:ASSIST]]

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2024-08-05T11:25:16Z

Minor correction

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			{{Warning}} This page has been superseded by [[Assist Upgrade Actions]]. See there for more information. However, this old version might contain some useful information, so is preserved.


	This page is intended to help with the automated production of PDF Books from the Assist pages.		This page is intended to help with the automated production of PDF Books from the Assist pages.

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2024-08-05T11:07:51Z

Categorisation

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	==Setup Requirements==		==Setup Requirements==

			[[Category:Assist Guides]]

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Created page with "This page is intended to help with the automated production of PDF Books from the Assist pages. ==Creation of the book== *Create a title page, as the Document title plus the wor..."

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This page is intended to help with the automated production of PDF Books from the Assist pages.

==Creation of the book==
*Create a title page, as the Document title plus the word "Title" on the end. The page can be created using the template provided. In addition, the footer must be configured on this page, utilising comments. For example:
<pre>
<nowiki>
{{Doc_Title|System=Calidus ''Vision''|Title=Vision Coding and Release|Reference=236343|Version=1.0|Date=9th May 2011}}



</nowiki>
</pre>
*Add this and all pages to be printed as part of the PDF book to a category of the same name, for example:
<pre>
<nowiki>
[[Category:Vision Coding and Release Doc|000]]
</nowiki>
</pre>
Note that the Category Sort value should be set to 000 for the title page. All other articles included in the document should have a sort value assigned to them to indicate the position in the document.
*If required, create an appendix page. This [[Template:Doc_Appendix|Template]] can be used as an example. This page should be named as the document title plus the word "Appendix" on the end. Note that the Category Sort should be set to 999.
*Create the Category page as in the following example:
<pre>
<nowiki>
=Vision Coding and Release=
This category encompasses pages that collate technical information of how the system is built and installed.
[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}|action=pdfbook&notitle}} Download this selection of articles as a PDF book.]
</nowiki>
</pre>

==Production==
Click the link on the category entry created above, or amend the Category URL in the browser as follows:
<pre>?action=pdfbook</pre>
'''Note:''' To produce a document of a single article, add the following to the URL of the article:
<pre>?action=pdfbook&format=single</pre>

==Setup Requirements==