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Is this the only variable that you are having trouble with?

It is a dizzying array of automated settings to correctly apply and keep track of. Perhaps I am missing the point here, but we use a multilevel numbering scheme similar to the one you describe, and I think that you may be able to accomplish what you want with much less trouble than you are going th...

dkramp wrote:... unless I missed something that process has to be done after every "Build Primary" correct?

You did not miss anything. This procedure works great, but it is "post-processing." You have to do it after Flare does its magic. Every time you generate the target.

Good question! Work with relative font sizes if you aren't already. I use ems. Here's an interesting article on Responsive Design: http://alistapart.com/article/fluidgrids

I just made the copyright statement into a .png and pasted it into the About box.

I create the bookmark in Acrobat. It takes just a couple of seconds.

Does anyone have additional experience related to this issue? Although our secure web-based application requires a login, WebHelp can be accessed by entering the url of a Help page. Among other concerns, this raises an export-control issue. Help should be easy to access within the application, but a...

The "Definition" window for variables appears to be a fixed length in Flare 8.0, with definitions scrolling out of view to the left as you enter content that exceeds the visible limit (approx. 32 char.).

Please file a feature or bug request to get MadCap to accommodate OpenType fonts. According to MadCap Tech Support, "Flare currently does not support OpenType fonts."

Using Mimic 6.0: The palette offers one means of reuse. Another technique that I've used to foster consistency is the "Make All Look the Same" command: Right-click the object, and select Make All Look the Same. I think that will handle your font-change issue.

I'm ...trying to ... set an action (I tried button mode, input text mode etc.) such that if I press the Enter key, it takes me to the next frame.... As far as I can tell (with the exception of entering data through the Input Box Mode), Mimic is designed to facilitate on-screen interactions only. Ad...

A feature request (#43258) has been submitted to address this issue. The goal is to make it possible to reset a TOC label to its default "initial heading" setting (i.e., to create some kind of dynamic linking between this label field and the initial heading). At present, populating the lab...

This is a guess because I am not having this issue when I stack dropdowns. Although you've worked on the CSS, if you haven't checked the settings for MadCap|dropDownHotspot (Pseudo Classes) hover (visible in the Advanced settings of the CSS) check there.

Although I only have a few that meet this criterion, I favor applying a condition inside the snippet only for the given condition. For example, I have a snippet that I used to provide some instructions for image maps. This is marked with a screen-only condition in the snippet. The figure is marked w...

The TOC uses a topic's initial heading as the default topic label for the TOC. This TOC label can be customized as needed, but once you have done this, can you change TOC label properties back to their original default "whatever the topic says" setting? I have not been able to make this ha...

Got it--The Primary target defines the default medium setting

Flare 7: I set the layout to Web and the medium to Default. Save. Close the file. Reopen the file. The layout is Web, but the medium is Print. I have both PDF and WebHelp targets in the project. I have moved some--not all--of the files from a project done in Flare 6 to a new project that is being wo...

Regarding separate conditions for text and images: I could apply a Mobile (i.e., second) condition over the already conditional "normal WebHelp" content where I want to include that content, and I could create any needed small graphics and apply the Mobile condition to them. When setting u...

I believe I need six conditions to control content for the PDF, normal WebHelp, and Mobile WebHelp targets: (1) unconditional content that shows in all targets, (2) content (text and graphical) that shows in print targets only, (3) text that shows in "normal" WebHelp, (4) text that shows i...

I use the table stylesheets to accomplish this. You can create a table style and set a left margin in the General tab.

I'm exploring WebHelp Mobile for the first time and will have three targets: WebHelp "for the big screen," PDF, and WebHelp mobile. As I looked at the first output (using default settings), it occurs to me that the ScreenOnly condition I use for the WebHelp target may need to be divided in...

Check out this post: index, 2 columns, top-of-the-columns issue

My index is set up as you describe, and I can help more if you can't work it out. Good luck.

Using the following procedure cleared the "Link points outside project" errors in my project: 1) Locate where things are going astray (it may just be a single folder name) by examining the description in the error report after you generate a target. In my project, I had imported files from...

My experience echoes gmel999's: Multiple TOCs provide the flexibility to handle the content differently based on the demands of linear (e.g., PDF/print) and nonlinear (WebHelp) deliverables. Multiple TOCs do require more maintenance; however, I have found that I've restructured WebHelp content signi...

I am guessing here... haven't yet tried this out. We will be importing and converting legacy FrameMaker docs as the products evolve. If you have a good import file, maybe it makes sense to turn that import file into a template, and use the template to create a new Flare project for each new FrameMak...