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by Curlyshell
Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:45 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Moving tabs always undocks them
Replies: 1
Views: 440

Moving tabs always undocks them

Am I just shaky, or does anyone else have a terrible time moving docked tabs right & left without having them escape and become undocked? Why can I move tabs around on my browsers with ease, but not move a tab in Flare? When it falls out of the tab, why can't I just put it back in so long as I d...
by Curlyshell
Thu Dec 22, 2022 2:40 pm
Forum: Importing
Topic: Cells filled with P tags in imported Word table
Replies: 10
Views: 9957

Re: Cells filled with P tags in imported Word table

In the years since I last visited this thread, I've learned to be OK with the <p> tags by embracing @doc_guy 's solution. It never hurts to have a style for <p> tags within tables, since there's always a chance you'll need multiple paragraphs in a table. So I styled it the way I wanted and no more n...
by Curlyshell
Tue Aug 02, 2022 9:22 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Feedback survey link with system variable passthrough
Replies: 1
Views: 695

Re: Feedback survey link with system variable passthrough

Apparently, I was using the wrong system variable. It should have been System.SourceFile. As in:

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<a href=https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/mysurvey?[%=System.SourceFile%]>Give Feedback!</a>
I hope this is useful to someone.
by Curlyshell
Fri Jul 29, 2022 11:37 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Feedback survey link with system variable passthrough
Replies: 1
Views: 695

Feedback survey link with system variable passthrough

I have a user help feedback survey in SurveyMonkey. I'd like to link to the survey from every topic in user help. It would be totally awesome if I could identify the page from which the link was clicked by passing along the topic file name in the survey's URL. SurveyMonkey tells me the basics of how...
by Curlyshell
Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:32 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: SOLVED: Flare comments out Google Analytics script
Replies: 1
Views: 828

Re: SOLVED: Flare comments out Google Analytics script

In my various experiments, I had placed the GA code in the master page and then commented it out. That seems to have been the source of the trouble. When I removed the commented-out text altogether, the code was rendered in the remaining pages without being commented out. I don't understand it, but ...
by Curlyshell
Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:08 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: SOLVED: Flare comments out Google Analytics script
Replies: 1
Views: 828

SOLVED: Flare comments out Google Analytics script

Flare is commenting out my Google Analytics code. In the text editor it looks like this (read code replaced w/ ASDF): <!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --> <script async="async" src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=ASDF"></script> <script> window.dataL...
by Curlyshell
Tue Jun 28, 2022 1:59 pm
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Best location for Google Analytics tag? Considering GA 4?
Replies: 1
Views: 694

Best location for Google Analytics tag? Considering GA 4?

Is it better to have the Google Analytics tag in the <head> or <body>? I'm asking because putting it in the Master Page is so very convenient (and much cleaner), but places the tag into the body. I've seen posts from power users who say using the Master Page is just fine. Will it still be fine with ...
by Curlyshell
Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:58 am
Forum: Importing
Topic: Solved for Now: Unwanted tags in Word imports
Replies: 1
Views: 1970

Re: Revised: Unwanted tags in Word imports

I got the answer from Support: The <p> tags in bullets is a bug: #163814. I'm dealing with that as described above: I map the List Bullet style from Word to a unique style made for this purpose. Bedbug is nice and entertaining, or use the curse word of your choice. Fun to eradicate. The image styles...
by Curlyshell
Wed Apr 13, 2022 6:05 am
Forum: Importing
Topic: Solved for Now: Unwanted tags in Word imports
Replies: 1
Views: 1970

Solved for Now: Unwanted tags in Word imports

This post started with unwanted <p> tags in lists, but there's more. I'm using Flare 2021 r3 and attempting a Word import. In past versions, we could modify the import file using a text editor and map styles to our hearts' content. Now that ability is gone, gone, gone. Why? How do we get around it? ...
by Curlyshell
Mon Apr 11, 2022 8:48 am
Forum: Importing
Topic: Strategy for organizing large project, successive imports
Replies: 6
Views: 3533

Re: Strategy for organizing large project, successive import

Glad you found it helpful! I'm not seeing this until after the weekend so it's probably too late - but there's no need at all to make the filenames unique! It's just like regular files on your computer: if the files are in different folders, then they are considered separate entities and can't over...
by Curlyshell
Fri Apr 08, 2022 6:54 am
Forum: Importing
Topic: Strategy for organizing large project, successive imports
Replies: 6
Views: 3533

Re: Strategy for organizing large project, successive import

@doloremipsum, that is brilliant advice! Let me add the following: First, I have to distinguish what comes to me separately (groups of chapters) from what I want to keep separate (main manual vs. appendices). So in addition to following doloremipsum's excellent advice (A separate project for each i...
by Curlyshell
Wed Apr 06, 2022 1:06 pm
Forum: Importing
Topic: Strategy for organizing large project, successive imports
Replies: 6
Views: 3533

Strategy for organizing large project, successive imports

I imported a large Word document, then learned that there was maybe three times as much material in "appendices," which actually all traveled together as one giant PDF. So I need to import the new material and decide how to keep it. Here are my questions: If some new section titles are ide...
by Curlyshell
Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:46 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: MadCap:autnum attribute selector
Replies: 1
Views: 1996

Re: MadCap:autnum attribute selector

So did you try it? Inquiring minds want to know!
by Curlyshell
Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:07 pm
Forum: Single-Sourcing
Topic: Empty (H1-only) topic in left nav: Web vs. PDF
Replies: 5
Views: 11394

Re: Empty (H1-only) topic in left nav: Web vs. PDF

Yes, thank you! I mis-processed your advice the first time and thought it would suck in files that weren't in the TOC at all.

This worked!
by Curlyshell
Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:06 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Image size changes when using backspace...
Replies: 4
Views: 7848

Re: Image size changes when using backspace...

Just in case...did you render the output to make sure it's not an artifact of the preview editor?
by Curlyshell
Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:01 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Flare makes awkward changes in styles.css
Replies: 5
Views: 3081

Re: Flare makes awkward changes in styles.css

Awesome insight, thank you!!
by Curlyshell
Wed Dec 22, 2021 8:39 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Flare makes awkward changes in styles.css
Replies: 5
Views: 3081

Re: Flare makes awkward changes in styles.css

Thank you both. Unfortunately, I do keep track of which medium I'm altering. In fact, the bloat in my stylesheet includes (brace yourself) an ENTIRE duplicate @media print! If there are contradictory definitions, Flare takes the last of them. But some of the elements are split. For example if I adde...
by Curlyshell
Tue Dec 21, 2021 1:52 pm
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: "Ghost" TOC Topics
Replies: 6
Views: 3902

Re: "Ghost" TOC Topics

Great job!! One of the necessary steps before importing is to find random text stylized as headers. Next time...in Word, you can ctrl-F to open the sidebar and choose "Headers," then eyeball the entire hierarchy for headers that are blank or look like part of the text. Things that are beni...
by Curlyshell
Tue Dec 21, 2021 11:31 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: "Ghost" TOC Topics
Replies: 6
Views: 3902

Re: "Ghost" TOC Topics

Have you examined the actual TOC in Project Organizer?
by Curlyshell
Tue Dec 21, 2021 10:33 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: "Ghost" TOC Topics
Replies: 6
Views: 3902

Re: "Ghost" TOC Topics

I'm not sure which are the "ghost" entries, or whether those entries are actual topics in your project, or if perhaps they are headings within a topic. If they are actual topics, is it possible you're being affected by the setting in your PDF target > Advanced tab > "Inject headings f...
by Curlyshell
Tue Dec 21, 2021 9:18 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Flare makes awkward changes in styles.css
Replies: 5
Views: 3081

Flare makes awkward changes in styles.css

When I make a change to the stylesheet in Flare, it doesn't "change" the attribute in styles.css. Instead, it "appends" the stylesheet with a new entry. I just realized this, but it explains a lot! For example, I started out with this style: p.DefList { font-weight: 700; margin-b...
by Curlyshell
Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:43 am
Forum: Single-Sourcing
Topic: Empty (H1-only) topic in left nav: Web vs. PDF
Replies: 5
Views: 11394

Re: Empty (H1-only) topic in left nav: Web vs. PDF

Thanks! I have some files that I don't want in the TOC, so I can't use that. :(
by Curlyshell
Wed Dec 15, 2021 4:20 pm
Forum: Single-Sourcing
Topic: Empty (H1-only) topic in left nav: Web vs. PDF
Replies: 5
Views: 11394

Empty (H1-only) topic in left nav: Web vs. PDF

I imported a Word doc into a project with a Side Navigation skin, creating new topics for every H1, H2, and H3. Sometimes an H1 is immediately followed by an H2 (I'm OK with that). But importing into the Side Nav skin it's not ok: you either get an empty page containing just the header, or you get H...
by Curlyshell
Thu Nov 11, 2021 10:32 am
Forum: Importing
Topic: fixing list import issues with search and replace
Replies: 2
Views: 3685

Re: fixing list import issues with search and replace

My experience is that Flare has trouble with line breaks in Regex. I have to do that work outside of Flare. Notepad++ is extremely helpful with bulk Regex changes!