Web navigation bar

[Jamie]

I publish a quarterly newsletter. We publish it both hardcopy and to the web.
In tools->options->web options it has a checked box saying Add hyperlink to
Web navigation bar. What is this web navigation bar ? I have been having to
add hyperlinks to all the individual pages by hand on the front page, but
wishing it would also auto-generate like back & next links on each page so
you didn't have to go back to the front page just to get to the next page.

Would the web navigation bar give me that ? If so, do Ihave to do something
to enable it ? Or is there some other way to get back/next links on each page
automatically ?

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

The nav bar is a menu wizard in Publisher. If added to the web publication
it maintains the links between the pages automatically. That option you ask
about is there to allow you to keep a page out of the menu should you want
to. You failed to state your version of Publisher, version 2003 has a
feature that when converting from print publication to web publication it
will ask you if you want it to add the nav bar for you. Previously that
burden fell on the customer.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

 

[Jamie]

Hi David,
Sry left out my version, its Publisher 2002. I create a pub file from one
of the MS supplied templates, with a table of contents to which I add
hyperlinks to all the subsequent pages. To create the web version I do
File->Save as Web Page.
What I would *really* like are that pages after the 1st page themselves
have like back/next links in them, so the viewer doesn't have to go back to
the home page each time to get to the next page. This is what I really seek.
I tried to add these by hand, but there appears to be repeating text on
the bottom such that if I change the 1st one to point to a particualr page,
that repeating text on all the pages gets the same link, which won't work.
I did eventually find how to add the web navigation bar in the MS Office
Publisher 2002 (XP) help tips, but all it did was add like a table of
contents to the page I was viewing, I did not get the links at the bottom of
each page for a back/next link.
So, if there any way to automatically have back/next links at the bottom
of all the pages, or a way to fix the repeating text at the bottom right hand
side of each page to "un-repeat them" (they have the doc title in them) so
that I could change them by hand to individual links ?

The nav bar is a menu wizard in Publisher. If added to the web publication
it maintains the links between the pages automatically. That option you ask
about is there to allow you to keep a page out of the menu should you want
to. You failed to state your version of Publisher, version 2003 has a
feature that when converting from print publication to web publication it
will ask you if you want it to add the nav bar for you. Previously that
burden fell on the customer.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

I publish a quarterly newsletter. We publish it both hardcopy and to the
web.
In tools->options->web options it has a checked box saying Add hyperlink
to
Web navigation bar. What is this web navigation bar ? I have been having
to
add hyperlinks to all the individual pages by hand on the front page, but
wishing it would also auto-generate like back & next links on each page so
you didn't have to go back to the front page just to get to the next page.

Would the web navigation bar give me that ? If so, do Ihave to do
something
to enable it ? Or is there some other way to get back/next links on each
page
automatically ?

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

For what you are doing I don't think the nav bar is suitable. I'd suggest
your own text links that are Back/Next linked. I'm not clear at all on what
you've really done with your manual links but I can tell you what you should
do, what I recommend anyway.
Simply type the text Back and Next at the desired place on a page and then
copy paste that text to each page in the publication. Obviously you should
only have the Next on page one and the Back on the last page.
Then go thru the publcation page by page and set the link to each Back and
Next.
Simply select the text (Back or Next) and right click and select the
hyperlink option and then in the hyperlink dialog select the Place in this
document option and then select the appropraite link selection - Previous
page or Next page.

Btw, if your using File Save as Web, then you are using version 2002's
deprecated technology. I strongly urge you to install Office XP Service Pack
3 to bring your Pub 2002 to the correct level of fixes. The SP link can be
found on our site at http://www.publishermvps.com

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

Hi David,
Sry left out my version, its Publisher 2002. I create a pub file from one
of the MS supplied templates, with a table of contents to which I add
hyperlinks to all the subsequent pages. To create the web version I do
File->Save as Web Page.
What I would *really* like are that pages after the 1st page themselves
have like back/next links in them, so the viewer doesn't have to go back
to
the home page each time to get to the next page. This is what I really
seek.
I tried to add these by hand, but there appears to be repeating text on
the bottom such that if I change the 1st one to point to a particualr
page,
that repeating text on all the pages gets the same link, which won't work.
I did eventually find how to add the web navigation bar in the MS Office
Publisher 2002 (XP) help tips, but all it did was add like a table of
contents to the page I was viewing, I did not get the links at the bottom
of
each page for a back/next link.
So, if there any way to automatically have back/next links at the bottom
of all the pages, or a way to fix the repeating text at the bottom right
hand
side of each page to "un-repeat them" (they have the doc title in them) so
that I could change them by hand to individual links ?

The nav bar is a menu wizard in Publisher. If added to the web
publication
it maintains the links between the pages automatically. That option you
ask
about is there to allow you to keep a page out of the menu should you
want
to. You failed to state your version of Publisher, version 2003 has a
feature that when converting from print publication to web publication it
will ask you if you want it to add the nav bar for you. Previously that
burden fell on the customer.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

I publish a quarterly newsletter. We publish it both hardcopy and to the
web.
In tools->options->web options it has a checked box saying Add
hyperlink
to
Web navigation bar. What is this web navigation bar ? I have been
having
to
add hyperlinks to all the individual pages by hand on the front page,
but
wishing it would also auto-generate like back & next links on each page
so
you didn't have to go back to the front page just to get to the next
page.

Would the web navigation bar give me that ? If so, do Ihave to do
something
to enable it ? Or is there some other way to get back/next links on
each
page
automatically ?

 

[Jamie]

If I install SP3, what do I do instead of File->Save as Web Page ? I'll be
lost without that ;-)

thanks, Jim

For what you are doing I don't think the nav bar is suitable. I'd suggest
your own text links that are Back/Next linked. I'm not clear at all on what
you've really done with your manual links but I can tell you what you should
do, what I recommend anyway.
Simply type the text Back and Next at the desired place on a page and then
copy paste that text to each page in the publication. Obviously you should
only have the Next on page one and the Back on the last page.
Then go thru the publcation page by page and set the link to each Back and
Next.
Simply select the text (Back or Next) and right click and select the
hyperlink option and then in the hyperlink dialog select the Place in this
document option and then select the appropraite link selection - Previous
page or Next page.

Btw, if your using File Save as Web, then you are using version 2002's
deprecated technology. I strongly urge you to install Office XP Service Pack
3 to bring your Pub 2002 to the correct level of fixes. The SP link can be
found on our site at http://www.publishermvps.com

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

Hi David,
Sry left out my version, its Publisher 2002. I create a pub file from one
of the MS supplied templates, with a table of contents to which I add
hyperlinks to all the subsequent pages. To create the web version I do
File->Save as Web Page.
What I would *really* like are that pages after the 1st page themselves
have like back/next links in them, so the viewer doesn't have to go back
to
the home page each time to get to the next page. This is what I really
seek.
I tried to add these by hand, but there appears to be repeating text on
the bottom such that if I change the 1st one to point to a particualr
page,
that repeating text on all the pages gets the same link, which won't work.
I did eventually find how to add the web navigation bar in the MS Office
Publisher 2002 (XP) help tips, but all it did was add like a table of
contents to the page I was viewing, I did not get the links at the bottom
of
each page for a back/next link.
So, if there any way to automatically have back/next links at the bottom
of all the pages, or a way to fix the repeating text at the bottom right
hand
side of each page to "un-repeat them" (they have the doc title in them) so
that I could change them by hand to individual links ?

The nav bar is a menu wizard in Publisher. If added to the web
publication
it maintains the links between the pages automatically. That option you
ask
about is there to allow you to keep a page out of the menu should you
want
to. You failed to state your version of Publisher, version 2003 has a
feature that when converting from print publication to web publication it
will ask you if you want it to add the nav bar for you. Previously that
burden fell on the customer.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

I publish a quarterly newsletter. We publish it both hardcopy and to the
web.
In tools->options->web options it has a checked box saying Add
hyperlink
to
Web navigation bar. What is this web navigation bar ? I have been
having
to
add hyperlinks to all the individual pages by hand on the front page,
but
wishing it would also auto-generate like back & next links on each page
so
you didn't have to go back to the front page just to get to the next
page.

Would the web navigation bar give me that ? If so, do Ihave to do
something
to enable it ? Or is there some other way to get back/next links on
each
page
automatically ?

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

It switches to say File, Export as web.

This is due to the significant change in the html code techonology that will
provide for you a much smaller page size in the site files that will be of
enormous benefit to your site visitors.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

If I install SP3, what do I do instead of File->Save as Web Page ? I'll be
lost without that ;-)

thanks, Jim

For what you are doing I don't think the nav bar is suitable. I'd suggest
your own text links that are Back/Next linked. I'm not clear at all on
what
you've really done with your manual links but I can tell you what you
should
do, what I recommend anyway.
Simply type the text Back and Next at the desired place on a page and
then
copy paste that text to each page in the publication. Obviously you
should
only have the Next on page one and the Back on the last page.
Then go thru the publcation page by page and set the link to each Back
and
Next.
Simply select the text (Back or Next) and right click and select the
hyperlink option and then in the hyperlink dialog select the Place in
this
document option and then select the appropraite link selection - Previous
page or Next page.

Btw, if your using File Save as Web, then you are using version 2002's
deprecated technology. I strongly urge you to install Office XP Service
Pack
3 to bring your Pub 2002 to the correct level of fixes. The SP link can
be
found on our site at http://www.publishermvps.com

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

Hi David,
Sry left out my version, its Publisher 2002. I create a pub file from
one
of the MS supplied templates, with a table of contents to which I add
hyperlinks to all the subsequent pages. To create the web version I do
File->Save as Web Page.
What I would *really* like are that pages after the 1st page
themselves
have like back/next links in them, so the viewer doesn't have to go
back
to
the home page each time to get to the next page. This is what I really
seek.
I tried to add these by hand, but there appears to be repeating text
on
the bottom such that if I change the 1st one to point to a particualr
page,
that repeating text on all the pages gets the same link, which won't
work.
I did eventually find how to add the web navigation bar in the MS
Office
Publisher 2002 (XP) help tips, but all it did was add like a table of
contents to the page I was viewing, I did not get the links at the
bottom
of
each page for a back/next link.
So, if there any way to automatically have back/next links at the
bottom
of all the pages, or a way to fix the repeating text at the bottom
right
hand
side of each page to "un-repeat them" (they have the doc title in them)
so
that I could change them by hand to individual links ?




:

The nav bar is a menu wizard in Publisher. If added to the web
publication
it maintains the links between the pages automatically. That option
you
ask
about is there to allow you to keep a page out of the menu should you
want
to. You failed to state your version of Publisher, version 2003 has a
feature that when converting from print publication to web publication
it
will ask you if you want it to add the nav bar for you. Previously
that
burden fell on the customer.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
www.publishermvps.com
www.davidbartosik.com

I publish a quarterly newsletter. We publish it both hardcopy and to
the
web.
In tools->options->web options it has a checked box saying Add
hyperlink
to
Web navigation bar. What is this web navigation bar ? I have been
having
to
add hyperlinks to all the individual pages by hand on the front
page,
but
wishing it would also auto-generate like back & next links on each
page
so
you didn't have to go back to the front page just to get to the next
page.

Would the web navigation bar give me that ? If so, do Ihave to do
something
to enable it ? Or is there some other way to get back/next links on
each
page
automatically ?