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The original numbered style we used was a pre style.

Interesting. What we have discovered is that our use of auto-numbering on the code sample was leading to Flare creating a table for the HTML5 output. That's why we lose the indentation and the font. Any comments?

We are single sourcing to PDF and HTML5. Most things work fine. One thing that isn't working is code samples where we number the lines of code. See the pics below for the story. Basically, it is working fine in the PDF, but not so in the HTML5. Does anybody know how I can get the HTML5 output to wor...

Another one: Weird happenings with spaces when entering cross references. Not sure I can reproduce - but sometimes when inserting a cross reference, it sucks up the space before it. Not good if not spotted.

Nice, keep them coming...

Anomaly number 5, perfect. Any more?

Almost relieved that somebody else has seen these anomalies - I thought it was just me
And thanks for the explanations...

I have been using Flare for many years and have just accepted its various anomalies. But a while back, I decided to note them down and now I have posted the list here. Does anybody else recognize them? Are there others? * Table rows disappear. Save the topic and close it. Reopen the topic and the ro...

Hi, does anybody know if it is possible to use Flare to zip up HTML5 target files and folders as part of the build and publish. Our developers would prefer me to do it from my end.

Okay I solved it: - In the document that you want to link to, set up a CSH identifier in the Alias file. It is possible to link to a header down a page or a bookmark. - In the document that you want to link from, in the Insert Hyperlink window, select External File as link type. In External File, en...

I am trying to create hyperlinks from one HTML5 document to another. The two documents are in two separate projects. Currently, the output is in a file structure - and the structure is constant. The output folders are next to each other. Later the output will be on a web server. I want the link to o...

Interesting. Now I find that the Ctrl F Find does not work for PDFs affected by this bug. This is because although the issue is to do with kerning - what actually happens is that the words end up with spaces inserted in between letters. So when searching for a word, that word is never found - becaus...

I have resorted to building with Flare 11. That seems to be the only sensible, working option at the moment. I have reported the bug to MadCap, and also told them that changing the default font magnification is not a viable workaround. No reply yet.

Yeh that seems to be the issue - but I have said that before :-) On Windows 10, I decreased the font magnification to 100% and the PDFs generated fine. The trouble is then, my Windows Desktop and everything on it is now too small for my "old" eyes. Anyway, to check, I put the font magnific...

Latest: I had to go back to Flare 11 to get decent PDFs out.
When using Flare 12, some of the PDFs were okay, some not.
I am using Windows 10 by the way - wonder if that is a factor.

I have now reported the bug.

A fellow sufferer. I was beginning to think I was going mad.
No, I haven't submitted a bug - but I am willing to do so.
How do I do that?

This issue is still not really resolved. Does anybody have any clues as to what might be going on? The letter-spacing -1pt works to some extent, but the kerning is still not as it should be - and as it used to be. All other documents in my document set - using the same stylesheet - are fine. Would b...

Slotted letter-spacing into @media print, took it out of the body element, and view my source as Medium (non-print).
So now the source looks fine and the PDF looks fine. What a workaround

@media print
{
p
{
letter-spacing: -1pt;
}
}

So now my PDFs look fine, but...
My source looks awful.
Perhaps I need to put the letter spacing setting in the print medium tag.

Yes, sorry - thought of that on my cycle home
Flare 12

I have six PDFs in my documentation set. All are set up the same way and use the same stylesheet. The day before yesterday, two of the PDFs started building with incorrect letter spacing, kerning - that is, headings, headers, footers, text, and so on - all of a sudden, contained extra spacing in the...

On the home page of my Top Nav help system, the sub-menus look fine. See pic 1. However, as soon as I go somewhere else in the help system, the sub-menus have indented menu items. See pic 2. I don't understand why this is happening. It is the same skin as far as I can make out - why would it behave ...

I have set up a test Top Nav project. All works okay on IE, but not on Firefox, Chrome, or Edge.
Do I need to add something in Add metadata to contents? If so, what? Thanks.

For my Top Nav project, I would like to use one stylesheet for all topics except the home page and then a different stylesheet for the home page. There are instructions in the help and I have followed them, but I can't seem to get it working. Any clues?