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@mattf, if you scroll down further, you should see an Images section.

I agree! Same to you and all of the friendly people on this forum.

I'd be interested in knowing if you received an answer. I work in Flare version 11. I do not have a maintenance package, therefore, don't receive new updates. However, I think Madcap technical support will help resolve technical questions as long as you own a license to the product.

Hmm, nope, no snippets. I don't have Madcap Capture, could that be why?

I have Flare 11.1 and I don't get the Image Map option at all. Is there a certain version of Flare you must have to use this feature? When I right click, Image Map is disabled or greyed out. I only have the Hyperlink Image option.

I'm curious what program you use to make gifs such as the ones you included in your post? I've never made gifs nor have a budget to purchase a new program but would like to know what's available. Thanks!

I take a similar approach as you do and write the TBD content in the topic and condition it as red "draft" text. Sometimes, I will add an annotation as a note to myself, then come back to it later and delete it. Either way, it stands out as something I need to address. But, then you have to remember ...

I'm interested as well! Right now, we have a feedback button in our topic toolbar at the top of each topic. That allows a user to email us directly, with the subject about the specific topic they were on when they clicked that feedback button. But, we also have a single "Contact Us" page with our ...

No, we don't have Pulse and are able to use this feature. If you go to the Project Organizer, check the Skins folder to see if there's a skin called "Topic Toolbar", if not you can add a new one and modify it from there. I would have to search more in Flare's help to remember how to implement it. I ...

I'm not sure; but what I do is have divider pages that act as a new section, and that divider topic has only the section name (H1) in it, but that page still shows up in my output.

Could you put "Notices" in a topic as H1 and every topic under it as H2? Or do you not want Notices to be anywhere in ...

Yes, I'm pretty sure this is possible. We have the Topic Toolbar setup to include the feedback button. When you're on a topic and you click the feedback button, an email opens and the Subject reads "Feedback (Topic: Glossary), for example.

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I honestly don't remember how we set ...

I think we should update this thread or start a new list! A lot of these links no longer work.

Here's a great list: https://technicalwritingtoolbox.com/technical-writing-resources/

Here are few others I follow:

http://everypageispageone.com/

https://www.madcapsoftware.com/blog/

https ...

Hi, there are pdf files showing up in my unused images report. Does anyone know why? The only filter I have selected is "unused images". Does this mean the pdf file is not being used (i.e. not in a toc and not published anywhere)?

I'm using Flare V11.1 and when I try to preview topics in the XML editor, I get an error. I can preview HTML output fine, but when I select to preview with a PDF target that's when I get the error, "This page can't be displayed". This has been going on for several months now and I'm not sure what ...

Yes. Actually, I was able to get an image of the cover and insert that into a page layout, so it ended up working out ok. However, I have another external PDF I need in my manual but am going to end up adding the PDF separately in Adobe to my Flare PDF output. I have section divider pages that start ...

Bummer! Thanks for the update!

I'm having the same issue. Does anyone know of a fix? I don't have a Flare page for my title page because I'm using a PDF for a cover page. So, I added the PDF as an external resource to my Flare project and added that to the TOC as my title page.

I'm not sure I follow exactly what you are trying to do, but if you are associating a topic with a page in your page layout file, then that page must contain a body frame (where the topic text would go), even if the topic itself is empty and has no text. Otherwise Flare gets knotted up, and adds a ...

Nita,

Thank you! This information is exactly what I was looking for.

Hello,

I'm trying to find a style guide or advice about best practices for describing navigation in technical documentation. My team's style is to use arrows, for example, "To locate the user manual, go to: www.abcxyz.com > Click Login > Click Employee > Click the Training Resources drop-down list ...

Has anyone experienced the side menu and topic toolbar disappearing in the top nav output? We're currently implementing the new top nav layout and are still testing it before publishing. After building the output, sometimes the topic toolbar and side menu will display from ALL topics. I'm not sure ...

Hello! I'll try to help. This is somewhat difficult to explain without showing but what I do to insert an image in a list is like what you said, insert a paragraph by clicking the Bullet List box on the toolbar menu, then to move the image to the left I keep clicking the "Outdent Items" (left arrow ...

I'm having a similar yet different issue with the Preview window. When I try to Preview in the print medium, I get an error and I can't preview at all. When I select the web layout/medium, it previews fine. Does anyone know how to fix this or why it's happening? The print preview has worked before ...

Have you had any luck yet? I'm having issues with mp4 in Flare 11.

Hello, did you ever resolve this issue? I'm having similar issues.