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I have Microsoft Office 2013 installed locally (not web apps) using my Office 365 subscription.

I am unable to import a Word doc to Flare, using either the "import as new project" or "import to existing project" paths.

After I select a Word doc in the wizard and click Next, the "Scanning Source ...

Edge effects are very basic in Capture: you can choose from a range of 1 effect... :(

Go to Image Properties again and click the Edge Effects tab. The only effect available is Torn ( Default = no effect). You can adjust the look of the effect and apply it to edges selectively. But, if you've ever ...

If you use the Image Effects tab in File Properties to resize the image (using the Background Scale or Scale Background To controls), the image will be resized but your callouts remain original size. (Think of the image as the "background" and your callouts as layers on the background.)

If you use ...

Thanks for the great write-up Nita, and for conveying some of the atmosphere of the event. I appreciate it when attendees like Kai and yourself write up your experiences for those of us who cannot attend. Although it sounds like there is no substitute for being there, it would be great if there ...

The redaction feature is also only for certain outputs like PDF, but isn't supported for help.

Ah yes, Dave, thanks, that scuppers it.

and would only black out the text rather than highlight it.

You can also set the redaction switch to "highlight" in the target properties. I never used it in ...

I wonder if you could do this with redaction...

Decide whether you want the internal bits or the external bits highlighted in the review PDF. For example, let's say you will highlight the external bits. You tag all the external stuff with the redaction tool. Then, you need 3 targets:

Internal ...

Hi shoehoard

I think you need to go to the Advanced tab of your target properties and select Exclude content not linked directly or indirectly from the target. (in the Output Options settings block.)

Hi Pamela, the format info is indeed missing from that help page. But format options are available in the same properties tab as DPI settings.

1. Open an image in Capture and display the File Properties dialog box (from the shortcut menu or CTRL+SHIFT+P).

2. Select the Flare Print Format tab.

3 ...

Thanks Scott. Looking forward to the new edition. My goal is to become certified this year.

Very fast delivery, thanks Lorraine. If I meet any other Flare users here I'll pass on the info about your great book. I'd like to start a user group here.

I noticed that you reference FAR HTML on another thread, so I thought I'd take a look, thanks. Windows Grep is indeed regex based. I've had a brief look at FAR, and I think WinGrep does much the same as FAR advanced search. A FAR license is twice the price of WinGrep, but FAR obviously does much ...

Hi John

That's the benefit of Capture: you can keep the link between the output image in your Flare project, and the layered image in Capture. If you need to move, resize, or edit a caption (or other overlay), you just do it in Capture and your Flare project updates automatically - single-step ...

Great tip, Jason, thanks.

Marjorie, have you used Windows Grep for search and replace? Just wondering how it compares to FAR HTML.

Hi Allison, I've had similar issues with x-refs. In your output, if you click the index link, and then go back and call up the index pop-up again, does the colour change work properly?

Hi René

Ok, great. I can help with providing image editing tips if you want, e.g. if your team uses Photoshop, you could set up actions and fly through the initial image edit at high speed. Once you get the images into Capture, setting up a dedicated palette (library) is simple, and you can easily ...

Book received today, it looks great, thanks Lorraine. I have already started reading.

I am using v6.0.2, and I am able to copy a straight polyline - no error.

As a workaround, can you add the polyline to a palette?

Hi René

Yes, there is definitely a problem. Transparency for multiple objects works ok - but only if the objects do not overlap . If they overlap, then it seems that the object in the top layer masks any object below (but is still transparent against the background). I wonder if this is a bug? We ...

I might have missed the point, but, could the art department give you an image file for the front page/cover? Maybe they are unaware that you can use images in your project source files?

Let us know how the meeting went

I've heard people say that PDF is dead a few times. I think what those people meant, but didn't say, is that PDF is not appropriate for their specific needs or environment. On the wider platform of the entire connected world, PDF is as useful as it ever was for transporting content around. It's nice ...

I just did this, using Capture:

1. I took a cap of your "server" in the thread above.

Capture transparency server.png

2. I clicked "Insert Screenshot", and grabbed the database thing.

Capture nontransparency.png

3. In the properties of the database thing object, I set the transparency to ...

Hi Scott, I see that the 9th ed is available (2013 - presumably for Flare 9). Are there plans to update for Flare 10?

Hi Greg

There is some discussion of this in the Flare group on LinkedIn: http://lnkd.in/d9rRyVW

The general idea is that you can create a dedicated style for your annotations. You could use conditional flags to include them in a review target, but always exclude them from final output targets (as ...

Just ordered the book, looking forward to reading it