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Is there a workaround for this problem?
I have duplicate menu items in the HTML TOC, starting at <h3>.
I'm using a side navigation skin.'The problem is seen when you click on the menu (TOC) item, instead of using the expander icon (blue triangle).
I asked MadCap Support about this, they decided it ...

Anyone know what the black line means on my TOC entries?

Has anyone solved this?
I have topics with an H1 and some H2's in the same topic file. I want the "next" button to go to the next H1, not the H2 on the same page.

If I build all the targets in my project from the command line, what is the order in which the targets are built?

I have a hyperlink to an external PDF file. When I add a named destination to the hyperlink, it reverses the slashes in the resulting path. This is ok for Windows, but causes an error when opening the link on Linux.
My output file is PDF. It needs to have a link to a specific place in another PDF ...

Did you solve this? I'm having the same problem.

I have been using Flare 11.0 daily with no problems. But today I can't start it. There is an error message in the background saying it needs an active internet connection.
I do have a connection. I have not installed anything new or changed firewall settings.
Any ideas on what's wrong?

Did you find a solution to this? I have the same problem.

Nope, not an Authorit user, just a newbie converting from FrameMaker

I am starting to accept that there's no way to do this.
It's ok, I will just reorganize things and work around this.

Thanks, everyone for your replies!

Well, yes, but I want to easily change the order of what's in the doc. And I want to reuse some of the contents (such as description for Bug X, which might go into another doc).
For NOW, I want
What's Fixed
....Installation Bugs
........Bug A
........Bug B
....Compiler Bugs
........Bug X ...

Maybe I am not explaining this clearly. My TOC/bookmarks are fine.
In my HTML output, I am trying to avoid having an HTML page that only has a Heading on it, with no other content.

I want to see this output, all on 1 HTML page, even though each thing is a separate topic.

What's Fixed ...

Thanks for your replies!
I tried using a topic as a snippet and it worked. However I don't understand how this helps me. How does using snippets give me the desired output?

This seems like a common scenario - having a Topic with a heading but no content. No? Do most people ensure that each topic ...

Is there a way to have HTML output that shows two or more very short topics on the same web page?
Suppose I have a document with this outline:

* What's Fixed (no text, just the heading) (Level 1)

** Installation Bugs (Level 2)
*** Bug A (with text) (Level 3)
*** Bug B (with text)

** Compiler ...

What's the best way to structure the directory in which all HTML5 output will reside? And how do you do it?

I want to have this, but don't know how to do it:
Documents/
Documents/ProductA/releasenotes.html
Documents/ProductA/manual.html
Documents/ProductA/html_files/releasenotes/ (everything for ...

Thanks for simplifying! So in your case, there's no way for you to have a link that goes to that main manual?

Thanks for the ideas, Margaret! However My output isn't Webhelp, just PDF and HTML5.
I am able to get the link to open a new window with the topic from Product B. The problem is that at the top of that window, it has a confusing link "open topic with navigation", which opens the left-side pane of ...

Hmm... the post about "Doc Type" and "Not Doc Type" left my head spinning... I'm new and don't understand most of that.

But I've made some progress. Here's where I'm at now: I know how to add a hyperlink to an external file or website. In Product A's manual, I have a link to a topic in Product B's ...

But is't the "Global Project Linking" guide more about reusing the same content in multiple documents? That's not really what I need. I just want cross-references between documents.

I am leaning towards 1 project per product. But I don't know how to:
1: Use 1 project to create 3 different documents ...

I am converting from FrameMaker to Flare. With FrameMaker, I created 3 PDF's per product (release notes, getting started, user's manual). I have several products, each with these 3 types of documents. These product docs don't share content, but they do make references to each other. For example ...

For a PDF output, I have a page layout that includes page types called first, right, left, and normal. I want to have two versions of "normal." I know I can duplicate the normal page and give it a new page name, such as NormalForTOC. But how do I associate that new page type with a topic?
I know ...

How would I enter a bullet symbol for the Auto-number format in step 7?

I am a new user, importing from FrameMaker. I have styles such as Heading1, Heading2, and Body. How do I map my styles to Flare's without ending up with the "child" styles such as h2.Heading2 and p.Body? I just want to mapping my Heading1 directly to h1, Heading2 to h2, and Body to p.

I'm a new Flare user. I created a Master Page and know there are proxies in it, I see the gray bars for breadcrumbs, body, etc. I also see the blocks for them on the left. But the gray areas are just that - gray. I should see labels on each one, like "breadcrumbs proxy" (I know this only because I ...