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I am trying to troubleshoot some page layout issues in a project targeted for PDF output. I have been advised to create a new TOC, adding one file at a time (building a PDF after adding each file to the TOC) in order to figure out where my page layout issues might be hiding. So, I created a copy of ...

I feel like I'm missing something here, but I'm trying to start a training project using the eLearning tools and I have a very basic question. I'm afraid I already know the answer, but any additional insight would be very appreciated... My original plan was to create a Training project with several ...

Feels like a basic question, but here goes... I need to create an eLearning project that contains several different courses. I have following the tutorials provided with Madcap, since this is all brand new to me, and things basically seem to be working. In my TOC, I have set up a series of books rep...

I have two empty pages at the end of a topic that I can't seem to get rid of. On each page, there is no text, no returns to delete, but the pages won't go away. I have "Auto-end on 'left' page disabled, just like it is in all of the other topics in the project (all of which are working fine). I...

I have a project targeted for PDF, and I'm having a weird issue that seems to be a TOC thing: The protect behaves normally, PDF is building fine, but one of my topics is missing from the output. I see the missing topic in my project TOC, but it seems to be omitted from the PDF output. I'm sure this ...

I have a topic in my project that wants to use the wrong page layout, every time I open it. Not a biggie since I can easily switch to the desired page layout manually, but I wonder why it keeps using the wrong page layout setting. If I right-click the TOC entry to open the Properties dialog, I see t...

In trying to work through this with my software guys, am I safe to argue that since my project looks and tests fine on my PC that the problem is NOT a Flare project issue, but likely an S3 Browser issue?

I generate an HTML - SideNav project that gets uploaded to our server via a software app called "S3 Browser". I am not an IT pro, and I have a very limited understanding of what happens to my project when I use S3 Browser to update the online content. I do understand that S3 Browser has to...

Believe it or not, I am still struggling with this issue. I need my Contents page to end on an even (or 'Left') page for printing. Rob, as you noted, I too have my TOC proxy embedded in a Contents.htm topic in my document. In the fltoc file, the Printed Output properties are set for that topic exact...

Thank you ChoccieMuffin, yes, I did verify that everyone sees the issues that I see. I did clear my cache, but no luck. Thank you Dave Lee, I tend to agree and I will peruse that line with our web developers. So far, their argument has been that they see files being synced on the server, therefore t...

This is a long-shot, since my issue might not be Flare-specific, but here goes nothing... I have a HTML5 project that generally looks and works fine at my desk. My Target setting is "HTML5-SideNav (primary)", and my Skin setting is "HTML5-SideNav". I use an external program provi...

I would like to provide my users with a "parts order form" that they could access via my webhelp project. It seems like a simple idea, but I'm having trouble realizing it. My first thought was to create a PDF form and include it as an external file link. This won't work, since my users pro...

Just to chime in, I also deal with this issue constantly. Surely there is a solution, but what is it? Guessing that some file might still be cached by some other process is not helpful, where is Madcap on this? This problem causes real productivity issues, when the only fix that I have found is to c...

For PDF output, how does one set up the TOC so that it ends on an even page (for printing purposes)? I've tried adding page breaks, paragraph returns, adjusting Break properties, but I still get a TOC that ends on an odd page in the PDF. I would like it end on an even page so that it prints correctl...

I feel like I'm missing something basic here but I can't seem to figure this one out: I have a simple two-page document that uses a page layout file consisting of a "First page" (with a Header, a Decorative and a Body frame), and a "Normal page" (with a Body and Footer frame). Th...

One fine day, after having compiled my project successfully very many times over the preceding weeks, my build failed, and I was presented with the short and sweet status message "Build Failed: One or more errors occurred." While there may be many possible reasons for this error, here's wh...

Just in case this helps anyone else out there, I seem to have resolved my issue. This is not a Flare thing. As suspected the issue is a basic one. I was attempting to view my published output by opening the "Host Name" address in my browser. When I view the "View URL" address, ev...

I've got an HTML5 - Tripane project that uses the "HTML5 - Tripane" skin, and it looks great when I build it and view the output (via "View Output" in the Build window). My problem comes up when I publish, then view the published content: The content itself seems to update each t...

When I publish my HTML5 project, I keep finding that some images are not being displayed. These are images that are in the topics, not part of a skin or anything like that. It's weird, because all of the images show up fine when I view the compiled project on my local machine. Surely this is a commo...

Thanks so much, Nita Beck!
You are awesome, that fixed my issue.

Everything looks and acts fine in Flare, but when I generate a PDF I'm getting a page inserted before the front cover. The inserted page shows a table of contents for the doc and includes a level-1 heading that says "TOC". I can't seem to figure out where it is coming from or why it is the...

I seem to be getting barraged with the message "CSS: Invalid text-transform: normal" in my Messages window. Otherwise everything seems to be behaving normally. Three newbie questions: 1) What does the message mean? 2) How do I fix the issue (assuming there is an issue)? 3) How do I kill th...

Just in case anyone is interested, and this is confusing, the cross-refs are now working fine. All I did was re-distill the PDF. Bizarre...

I have cross-references (to Headings) and hyperlinks (to URLs) in my generated PDF. The hyperlinks work fine, but the cross-references don't. They look OK (indicating the correct page number, and rendered blue with underline), but the cursor doesn't react when hovered over, and clicking doesn't do a...

It's awkward, but I'll answer myself since I just fixed the issue: I opened the CSS in Notepad and located the mysterious "eeew", where a line-height value should have been. How it got there, I don't know. When I replaced it with a real line-height value (16px), everything returned to norm...