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I've been using Firefox with Flare almost exclusively for years and don't recall having any browser-specific issues. However, I write for software developers, so I have to support the top four: IE, FF, Chrome, and Safari.

Where, exactly, are you right-clicking? If you're clicking on the Table block that runs down the left side of the Editor , it should apply the style. You can also right-click anywhere in the table and Select > Table to be sure you're applying the style to the entire table and not just one cell.

Am I nuts or is there no way to change the color or style of the font in the navigation area at the top of the TopNav pages? If you happen to know where to change the font size and color, please let me know. (It seems odd to me that the correct way to change the size of the TopNav navigation bar ...

I think it looks better when they are the same, especially in printed outputs.

First, there are two semi-colons before text-indent: 20px;. That doesn't fix the problem, but it shouldn't be there. Also, why are the line breaks styled?

Anyway, try replacing the line breaks with div's (and I also used margin-left instead of indent):

<div class="figure" style="width: 620px ...

I've had better results uploading a PDF and have contributors download the file to use the highlight and comment features of their PDF Reader. Still not ideal, but a much better presentation of your work.

I wonder if MadCap is considering a Google Doc output? However, the formatting is so plain I ...

I've run into it from time to time and never really tried to evaluate what was causing it. I have a similar work around, only I cut and paste the closing tags in the Text Editor where I want the Drop-Down to end:

In the end I had to split the recording phase into 2 stages, stage 1 involved the recording of the video track without audio and stage 2 involved the recording of the audio track/clips using a open source sound recorder and then piecing the 2 together.
I use the same process, but use Mimic to ...

I have been tasked with the same idea. Must be the latest design fad. I'm going to attempt mine using Mimic for the hotspots and animation, which will be relatively simple. Then I just have to figure out how to incorporate it into my Flare project.

I've always had trouble with keyboard shortcuts in Mimic, especially later in the day, and on three different machines. For some reason that I've never been able to figure out, they just stop working.

What is your setup for recording? If you're using the rectangle with a task bar at the bottom ...

What type of frame are you using? I've used a Decoration frame that bleeds on three sides with no issues.

I have the same setup only with bookmarks and it works fine in IE 10. I realize adding bookmarks is time consuming, but I just look at it as job security.

Sorry Craig, just seeing this now. I had some trouble with building an output from a secondary drive. I have a single drive which is partitioned and appears as a network drive (not really sure I understand it completely). Anyway, you may want to try a build as a test (assuming you haven't already).

I tried setting an HTML5 project up as PDF 11x17 landscape with no problem (sorry). That makes me suspect there might be something set in the project itself. Have you tried this on other projects?

Just out of curiosity, what's the down side of having two versions of the same paragraph? I've always copied the paragraph to create an alternate version. Or better yet, what's the advantage of riddling a paragraph with conditional tags? Copy, paste, edit, tag. It ain't rocket science.

amanda,

You can download the encoder from CNET. Here's the link:

http://download.cnet.com/Windows-Media-Encoder/3000-2212_4-14887.html

Be very careful with CNET downloads as they are prone to virus attachments and browser hijacking software. I've had it happen a couple of times now, the most ...

"New from existing" uses a topic file as a template, like Save As. This is helpful when adding multiple topics with similar content, but on a limited basis. For example, you have three topics with the same image. Once you add the image to the first topic, and any additional content that is common to ...

By default, cursors are set to have continuity from one frame to another. So if you move the cursor in frame 11, the end of the cursor trajectory in frame 10 is adjusted to the new position. To fix, right-click on the cursor and disable Maintain Cursor Continuity .

If you have a cursor object that ...

This is probably a Kwag Only issue, but I thought I'd pass it along in hopes of saving someone else the time I spent trying to resolve it. I got this error when attempting to edit a frame in the SnagIt Editor . My workaround was to Select All > Copy and Paste into a new file.

Frame images are PNG ...

Can you use a redirect page in the TOC to display Home in the header?

Not sure I understand - how does that relate to a home button action?
:oops: Sorry for posting BC (Before Coffee) again. Somehow I got the impression the OP was trying to get Home to appear as a menu item in the header. I ...

Can you use a redirect page in the TOC to display Home in the header?

You can set the Translation property from the File List. Select the desired file and press the F4 key. You can also do this for multiple files using the Windows standard Ctrl+Shift or Ctrl+Click to select them. I do this for all my image files.

I usually set Maximum Width to 600px and Height to Automatic . If you have a lot of images, you can also do this in your stylesheet. In the Stylesheet Editor , set the Medium to Print and set the img styles max-width: 600px and max-height:auto .

Can you set the max-width to auto? How do you know ...

It's not a bug. The breadcrumb proxy uses the TOC Label, not the topic H1 ( Flare Help ). The bottom line is, if it's in the TOC, it's going to be in the breadcrumb.

Using your example, you can set the mc-breadcrumbs-count property of the MadCap|breadcrumbsProxy style to 2 in the Stylesheet ...

I think it might help if we knew what kind of output you're planning to generate.

I've never put multiple languages into one output, and if this is web-based, I think you'd be better off with separate outputs. Keeping languages separate within a single output is really going to complicate things ...