More Advanced Procedures > Templates in Help & Manual

The layout of the topic pages in the Windows Exe and ePub eBook formats is defined by the same HTML templates that are used for the topic pages of HTML Help and WebHelp.

In addition to this, however, Windows Exe eBooks also use a special kind of template that defines the appearance and layout of the eBook viewer, which is stored together with every eBook you output. This program is part of every eBook, enabling the eBook to "display itself" on any Windows computer running Windows 95 or later without any other software.

ePub eBooks do not have any additional templates – the appearance and functionality of ePub viewers cannot be controlled in any way by settings in the ePub file.

Selecting Windows Exe eBook templates

A set of different Windows Exe eBook templates is included with Help & Manual and can be found in the \Templates\ebooks folder in the Help & Manual program directory. These templates can have the extension .skin or .dfm.

1.In the Project Explorer go to Configuration > Publishing Options > eBooks> Windows: Visual Appearance.

2.Click on the button in the Viewer Template: field to locate and select a template.

The eBook templates have descriptive names that indicate their features.