Other Files Fundamentals

1. On the Project tab, click the Add existing Image file button.
2. On the displayed file dialog, select the file or files to add to the project.
3. The selected files are added to the project and are then available for selection in the Insert Image dialog.           

To capture an image.

1. Select the Capture Image button in the Project ribbon menu.

   Image Capture dialog box appears.

   

2. Select the required options and click Capture.       

   The Image Capture dialog box allows you to choose when the capture will take place (immediate, after a specified delay, or on a defined hotkey) and what the capture target is (whole screen, specific window, specific region etc).

3. Select on the Save button to save the captured image and complete the capture process.
   After capturing an image a preview will be displayed and options to change the filename, create a thumbnail, add a drop shadow and add the image to the currently open project.

1. Select an image on the Project Explorer.
2. Right click on the image to show the Context Menu.
3. Select Edit Image from the Context Menu.
4. The image will be opened for edit in the integrated Image Editor.           

1. Select a full size image on the Project Explorer.
2. Right click on the image to show the Context Menu.
3. Select Create Thumbnail from the context menu.

1. On the Project tab, click the Add existing StyleSheet file button.
2. On the displayed file dialog, select the file or files to add to the project.
3. The selected files are added to the project, included by default in each generated Topic and the styles contained within the stylesheet are available for use on the Style Picker.           

1. On the Project tab, click the New StyleSheet button.
2. When prompted, type the desired filename for the new StyleSheet.
3. The new StyleSheet is then created and opened for edit in the StyleSheet editor.           

By default, each Topic automatically includes all of the stylesheet and script files you add to the project. If you wish to prevent certain stylesheets or scripts being used in a particular topic you can do so by excluding them in the Properties editor:

1. On the Project Explorer, select the Topic or Topics where you wish to prevent one or more stylesheets or scripts being included.
2. In the Properties Window, click the button adjacent to the Excluded Other Files property.
3. On the displayed dialog, select the stylesheets or scripts that you don't want included.
4. Click Ok.           

Excluding a file from being included in any online output

You may want to include some files only in booklet output (e.g. StyleSheets specific to booklet output).

1. Select the file or files on the Project Explorer.
2. In the Properties window, click on the Exclude from Online build flag in the Build Flag Picker at the top of the Properties editor.
3. Files marked with the Exclude from Online flag are only included in booklet output.

Excluding a file from being included in any booklet output

You may want to include some files only in online help output (e.g. StyleSheets specific to online output that you don't want used in booklet output).

1. Select the file or files on the Project Explorer.
2. In the Properties window, click on the Exclude from Booklet build flag in the Build Flag Picker at the top of the Properties editor.
3. Files marked with the Exclude from Booklet flag are only included in online output.

Include or exclude a file for a particular Build Profile

Using Build Flags you can create specific Rules in your Build Profiles that govern which files are included in which outputs.

See the Single Sourcing topic for information on how to use Build Flags and Build Profiles to create multiple outputs containing different sets of files.     

1. Select the file or files you want to remove on the Project Explorer.
2. Click the  Project Explorer toolbar button.
3. The files are removed from the project and you are prompted to confirm if you also wish to delete the files from disk.