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I must have a bizarre understanding of xhtml then - I thought it was extensible html, i.e. you could define your own elements but the structure rules were more strict to make it html-compliant.

So I guess when you're applying a 'style' in Flare (e.g. via the styles panel), all you're really doing ...

Ok thanks. I understand html & css. I just figured that because the stylesheet contained an entry for <a>, I'd be able to edit the font colour. Could you tell me how to do that without creating a new class?

Also, if Flare uses xml, why can't I define & style a new tag? is that to constrain the tag ...

Ok so I've read that Flare won't let you create 'parent' styles. So I figured I could just edit the CSS and create a style called 'title', but when I do that it doesn't show up in the available styles in the topic editor. Presumably because it's not officially a 'parent' tag.

If I make it a class ...

Thanks guys.

I used to work in Arbortext a lot, which is why I was wondering if you could point Flare at a DTD.

I'll just have to parse my brain using a virtual DTD & hope what comes out at the other end is vaguely compliant. I am more interested in the information typing than the actual file ...

I've just started a new job, they have quite a lot of existing documentation - I plan to migrate it all to Flare, but I'd like to stick to a DITA structure, mainly because it's a logical approach, not really because I want to future-proof it for any DITA-based editing or publishing environments.

So ...