--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Resource_Types.tex 2013/09/09 20:51:06 1.9 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Resource_Types.tex 2013/09/22 15:42:53 1.10 @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ required for computation). The Course E a ``Composite page'' which resides within a course rather than in the published repository. -The underying XML structure, and +The underlying XML structure, and behavior of a .page file are the same as used for a ``Composite page'', which can be added to a course using the Course Editor. One difference between the two is that for a .page in Authoring Space, one of the @@ -84,9 +84,15 @@ course coordintator in a different cours into the other course from the Course Editor's clipboard. The course manual describes ways to combine resources in folders, -which is an alternative to creating composite pages. The advantage of a .page -is that they can be printed all at once. The disadvantage is that once a .page -is published, the contents are more difficult to change. Publishing a .page +which is an alternative to creating composite pages. A potential advantage of a +a composite page is that the browser's inbuilt capabilities can be used to print +all resources included within a page with a single ``Print'' call. +That said, LON-CAPA's own print utility which creates PDFs allows students +to print all resources in a folder to a single PDF, +which lessens the advantange that accrues from use of a composite page. +The disadvantage of use of a published .page is that once a .page +is published, reordering or modifying the contents requires use of the resource +assembly tool in authoring space, followed by republication. Publishing a .page in the repository is suggested if the content does not need to change. For more information on .pages, see the section \ref{Sequence_Page_Maps}