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Feebeegeebee

Hi,
I'm not familiar with Author-It either, but I have just spotted something on the Madcap website that might help:

Author-it® Converter for MadCap Flare FREE

This utility is an XML conversion tool that will use the published XML output from Author-it® and convert it to a MadCap Flare project ...

Feebeegeebee

Please help me out here, where do I set (or suppress) the popups in the pdf?

Open your PDF target.
Go to the Advanced tab.
You'll see that the Stylesheet medium is set to Print.
Beneath that there is a section called Text popup effects .
You have the option to:
- convert the text popups to ...

Feebeegeebee

It's actually worth doing the following:

Edit > Find and Replace in Files
Enter refundable in the Find field.
Enable the Find in Source Code option.
And hit Find All.

That will tell you if the word is lurking somewhere within the code of any topics or files.

Feebeegeebee

I was also going to suggest checking the Index entries and any meta tags.
Failing that, I don't suppose there is a synonym file set up for the project that is causing this term to appear in the search results...
It would be applied to all targets by default.
Regards,
Feebeegeebee

Feebeegeebee

Just a quick update on this...
This has been confirmed as a bug in the Side Nav output. I sent an example to Madcap Support and they were also able to replicate it in a simple test project and confirm that this does not happen in versions pre Flare 2018 r2.

Disappointing to move to the new, shiny ...

Feebeegeebee

Hi,
I'm producing HTML Side Nav output, using Flare 2018 r2.
I can't find this specific issue on the forums, so I wanted to see if anyone else is experiencing the same / knows how to get around it...

I've had an issue raised where there are links within a topic to bookmarks further down within the ...

Feebeegeebee

Thanks for your suggestion, seems to make sense when the output is HTML.
Maybe I should have mentioned that the target is a PDF output, so in the output folder there are no seperate files, only the PDF

Drat, drat and double drat!

However, if that is the case...
...surely you could take a copy of ...

Feebeegeebee

Well...once you've built your target you'll have your full set of output files for that target.
I don't know how many directories within that output contain image files - whether it's one or more - but you can output a file listing for a directory to a .txt file using the Windows command prompt. A ...

Feebeegeebee

Just another idea...
You haven't imported variables from another project by any chance and ended up with more than one set?

I had imported some from another project revently and inadvertently ended up with 2 sets of Variables, with a couple of duplicate names in each.
I was changing the content of ...

Feebeegeebee

GerardFalla wrote:I've a client who wants to specify the contents of the Search tips...

Hi Gerard,
By "Search tips" do you mean the search suggestion text - i.e. "Did you mean {suggestion}?"

If so, it's located in the skin, under the UI Text tab.
Regards,
Feebeegeebee

Feebeegeebee

...Worse, once I created an images folder, I was not able to multi-select the image files and drag them into that folder. I had to do it one-by-one. And of course, I had to confirm that I wanted to update the links to the image file for each one. This process took a few seconds each time, and all ...

Feebeegeebee

Press F12 in your browser and use the inspect tool to examine the HTML/CSS in the header.

Thanks for your reply, Dave.
I had already done that and trawled through, thinking that I had set anything that could be relevant to a white background.
However, reinspecting it, I noticed that the <body ...

Feebeegeebee

Have gone back to this and am still stuck.
Have the following set in my .css used by my home page:

nav.title-bar
{
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
opacity: 0.8;
background: #ffffff;
background-color: #ffffff;
}

Does the new Side Navigation skin inherit the header background colour from ...

Feebeegeebee

Hi,
I've just started playing around with the new 2018 Side Navigation skin, and it really seems to suit a help of our size.
I followed the Side Navigation tutorial online and imported the skin into my existing project.
I've been playing with the look and feel of the skin and have set the Header ...

Feebeegeebee

Hi,
I've created workflows in Powerpoint before. You can save any slide in Powerpoint as an image file and ten just import that into Flare.
In Powerpoint select File > Save As and then click Save as Type : and choose a format like .png
That way you don't need to create them in Flare.
Regards ...

Feebeegeebee

Hi,
I don't see why you couldn't create a couple of redirect pages in your top level help and add them to the contents.
See this post for details:
https://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21630&p=110164

The Top Nav menu should then include them and allow you to launch the User and ...

Feebeegeebee

I suspected that would be the case. Thanks for confirming that on here.

Feebeegeebee

You're right. There is absolutely nothing relating to Linux/UNIX installations for Elasticsearch, in either the help or the "Search" .PDF on the Madcap site - http://docs.madcapsoftware.com/flare2018/FlareSearchGuide.pdf
I would go straight to Madcap Support and ask for information, as this will be ...

Feebeegeebee

HTML5 output will work fine on non-Windows machines. None of our customers use Windows.

So, you should test your output on the relevant platforms, as one thing you might encounter is issues with case-sensitivity.
The output may display fine on your local Windows machine. However, Linux/UNIX ...

Feebeegeebee

Hi Laurence,
Your understanding is correct, as far as I'm aware.
If you are not on a maintenance plan, you will still be able to use Flare.
However, you won't get free product updates/bug fixes or upgrades to the next version, or access to Madcap support.
You have the option to purchase an ...

Feebeegeebee

Ellis wrote:I go to Skin Editor > Styles > Logo

Hi Ellis,
That's right.
Then you click on Background and you'll see an Image field.
You can use the down arrow to choose an image file or navigate to a specific image using the Select Image button alongside the field.

Regards,
Feebeegeebee

Feebeegeebee

Hi Margaret,
There doesn't seem to be an installation guide for Flare.

However, these links might be useful:
- http://kb.madcapsoftware.com/Content/Flare/Installation_-_Activation_-_Registration/IAR1024F_-_2017_r3_System_Requirements.htm
- http://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare2017r3/Content/Flare ...

Feebeegeebee

Hi Peter,
I use runtime merging on several projects and haven't encountered any problems for a long time. <crossing fingers immediately...>
I have a vague recollection of something similar happening a long time ago.
Have you tried cleaning both projects?
I would run up the child project only, clean ...

Feebeegeebee

One of my pet hates:

When launching Flare, it grabs all focus while it fires up and begins opening project files and topics.
With any other piece of s/w, you can swap to an alternative window or program and type. However, Flare re-grabs the focus and any characters typed are inserted at the ...

Feebeegeebee

Hi Diane,
Well, you could try using Find and Replace and select the "Find in source code" option.
If you enter the index keyword tag in the search field - e.g.
<MadCap:keyword term="Other Term:Subterm" />
you can remove it from the topics that way.
Regards,
Feebeegeebee

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