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Starhugger Posts: 512 Joined: 4/12/2005 Status: offline	Repeating image that also prints - 11/12/2006 14:35:38 I'm creating an online index of a manual for a client. The index will be hyperlinked. The index and manual were originally designed to be a hardcopy manual, and at the last minute it was decided to put it online. So I'm creating an Index and Table of Contents in HTML format, trying to echo a similar visual design that was created for the manual. What I have so far is: I am listing the index words for each letter in 3-column tables, where the first column shows the letter for that box's words (e.g. "A" for the A's, etc.) and the other 2 columns for the index words. I created a background image of the letter and have it repeating down the side of its box. On-screen it looks fine. The problem is that background images won't print unless the user sets their browser default to do so (which they're not likely to do). I know that the end-users will be viewing this on their local network using IE6 (with no plans to update to IE7 in the near future). I've tried various tricks I've seen around the Internet, but I can't find a way to get those background letter images to print (including @media print and making the letter graphic into a separate div layer). Neither can I find a way to put the images in the foreground so that they will print AND also repeat down the column. So basically: I can either repeat the letter down the side on-screen but it won't print, or I can print the letter but it won't repeat. Sigh... When printed, many of these boxes are likely to be broken across printed pages, so I'd like to be able to repeat the letter on the new page. I'm already using an overall page THEAD and TFOOT (which repeats on each page), so I'm not sure if using these in the individual letter boxes too would work. And I'd prefer not to take up more vertical space by placing another row above the content. That's why I decided to put the letter in a side-column. Did that all make sense? Anyone have any other ideas how I can get the letter to repeat at the top of the printed page if the letter section breaks across pages? Is there a simpler way to do this??? I think I'm getting brainfreeze trying to figure out an easy and attractive way to map a printable index onto the screen. Maybe I'm making it too complicated? (Probably. Sigh...) New ideas are welcome. Thanks for the help. Starhugger


jaybee Posts: 14153 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Repeating image that also prints - 11/12/2006 17:22:54 quote: Did that all make sense? Anyone have any other ideas how I can get the letter to repeat at the top of the printed page if the letter section breaks across pages? Is there a simpler way to do this??? I think I'm getting brainfreeze trying to figure out an easy and attractive way to map a printable index onto the screen. Maybe I'm making it too complicated? (Probably. Sigh...) New ideas are welcome. What you need is to force their printer to turn on "print background images". Not a clue I'm afraid. Try a hunt for some javascript. Even then there's no guarantee, different printers do different things. I suspect you'll have to come up with a completely different angle. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to Starhugger)


Starhugger Posts: 512 Joined: 4/12/2005 Status: offline	RE: Repeating image that also prints - 11/12/2006 17:30:55 Thanks jaybee. We're rethinking even having repeating letters down the side at all, at this point. I'm thinking I might just do something simpler with a header row at the top of the letter boxes. Not my first choice, but it might be easier to do. Thanks for your help! Starhugger (in reply to jaybee)


d a v e Posts: 4086 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: Repeating image that also prints - 11/13/2006 11:09:50 pdf and or word doc?? _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to Starhugger)


Starhugger Posts: 512 Joined: 4/12/2005 Status: offline	RE: Repeating image that also prints - 11/13/2006 11:17:59 quote: ORIGINAL: d a v e pdf and or word doc?? The original manual was developed in Word. The online documents will be in PDF. The Index and Table of Contents will be in HTML. We're an equal opportunity salad here. SH (in reply to d a v e)