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Is there a way to generate a PDF from an individual html topic (ideally using a button on the page), without having to create a TOC in advance?
One of our customers has said that while reading a given topic, they would like to be able to print that individual topic out as a PDF by pressing a button ...

In our HTML output we provide links to videos (on YouTube) describing various product functions.

When clicking a link to a video two things happen:
1. A web page opens from Microsoft explaining that the website does not work in Internet Explorer, and that IE will be retired soon.
2. Another ...

In my PDF index, the item page number comes before the leader.
Example:
aggregation 36 .................

It should be
aggregation ................. 36

What's frustrating is that I built a PDF yesterday correctly, without this problem, and now I'm wading through the hundreds of possible ...

Thanks, will give this a try; I hope this is a skin-related issue. I cannot imagine that it is hard-coded Flare behaviour.

Thanks!
Just to clarify, I can open the TOC, and the TOC pane will display - but only if I manually click the "Contents" tab. And that's not what we want.
Will give it another go with Flare support!

Thanks Dave Lee.
I originally wanted to get rid of them in the interest of tidiness, but I think you're probably right.

It's strange:
I can
1. generate a system (for example, with the output file name, "abc"), and the resulting top-level files are "abc.htm" and "abc.mcwebhelp", then
2. delete ...

Thanks!
I have tried to nested and un-nested TOCs, with the same result: the Contents tab does not expand upon system opening.
I assume I understand correctly what you mean by 'nested'.
I have attached a screenshot to illustrate the problem:

The TOC tab (Contents) in HTML5 does not expand automatically.

I've already looked at the topic "HTML5: TOC expanded pre-Flare 9, but not in 9" in this forum, but I'm not sure it applies.

I had previously submitted a Flare support request for this issue a couple of months back, and got this reply ...

When building an HTML5 system, you get the default main entry point "Default.htm" (provided you haven't specified another output file name).
You also get the files
- csh.js
- Default.js
- Default.mcwebhelp
- Default_CSH.htm
Which of these files is necessary?
I ask because when I delete and/or ...

ChoccieMuffin, you were right - another writer at one of our offices did it with a snippet. So that's what I'll try. Thanks for your time!

Hmm, not sure where or how you're doing that.
When I open the Variable set from the Variables folder, select the desired variable, click Character on the ribbon, it does not let me select (R) - that is, the characters appear, but they are greyed out, and cannot be selected.

Thanks so much for following up on this; I appreciate it.
All of our projects will use the same stylesheet. In each project, we simply ensure that the Content>Resources>Stylesheets folder contains the valid, up-to-date stylesheet.
The topic is an .htm topic file that will be used as the front ...

Yes, we have a global stylesheet, but I'm not sure what you mean by "global topic" (I'm still a beginner). If you mean a global style in our stylesheet, then yes (we call it ).
I think I'm probably missing something.

Thanks!
Yep, it's true that you can't apply styles to a variable, but there's also no way to place the (R) on the front page so that it precisely jibes with the position of the variable when the PDF is built. Or I guess you could do that, but we have 20+ different guides, and getting the micro ...

Anyone know how to apply superscript* to the registered trademark symbol (R) in a variable?
I can't get the registered trademark symbol to appear in a smaller typeface (font) size and a few px higher in PDF output using a variable.
Situation:
Our doc title page consists of our product name, guide ...