Writer instructions

Purpose

Use this page to display a banner announcement on each page of the space. Create the Space announcements page in the master space, outside of the Home branch.

You can version the Space announcements page to enable different banners to be published into different target spaces, however, the banner that is displayed in the versioned (master) space itself only displays the most recently-published banner.  If you find errors in the banner area of your versioned space and you are sure the Space announcements page is set up correctly, try publishing the page to the same space.

For more information, see Space-announcements-banners.

Removing

When an announcement is no longer needed, remove the BMC Space Banner macro.

Translation

Localized spaces using the L10n Viewport theme must change the name of this page to Space announcements l10n.  See Configuring-the-Scroll-ViewPort-theme-for-translated-spaces.

Usage

Choose one or none of the following BMC Space Banner macros.

If your space requires another kind of announcement, you can use this page in coordination with your team lead and editors.

When should I use a space announcement banner?

Use the space organization announcement after you change the content from a book-like organization (such as User Manual, Configuration Manual, and Administration Guide) to the product model.

Use the latest version announcement to push traffic to later versions. You do not need to add this to every previous version, but if you have a specific reason that you want users to be aware—for example, Google searches show content for an obsolete version—use the banner to help users find a relevant version.

When an announcement is no longer needed, remove the BMC Space Banner macro.

Space announcement This documentation space provides the same content as before, but the organization of the content has changed. The content is now organized based on logical branches instead of legacy book titles. We hope that the new structure will help you quickly find the content that you need.

Print Options

The Print Options screen (see the following figure) displays when you select option 7 from the User Parms menu. It lets you set the printer and output dataset characteristics used when you issue the PRINTP or PRINTDS command from Browse/Edit, Extract Formatted Print (printer only), and Audit Trail reports. Depending on the choice and form of the command, your output is printed on a printer or to a data set with some or all of the currently displayed rows.

Print Options screen

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Printer Characteristics Area

Printer Destination

Local printer or JES queue.

Lines per Page

Number of lines printed on each page.

Sysout Class

Assigned class for SYSOUT.

Output Dataset Characteristics Area

Dataset Name

Destination data set for output. File-AID for Db2 will append the output to the specified data set.

Volume Serial

Disk pack where the data set will reside if it is not catalogued. Required if GENERIC UNIT is not specified.

Generic Unit

Site-defined device type (SYSDA, for example). Required if VOLUME SERIAL is not specified.

Directory Block

Number of directory blocks to be allocated for the data set. Must be zero (0).

Record Format

Record format for the output data set.

Record Length

Maximum length for each record.

Block Size

Size of each block of data in the data set.

Dataset Password

Password for the data set if it is password protected.

Related topics

User-Parms-Menu


 

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