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Can I ask why you bother to export to Word as opposed to just creating PDF output directly from Flare? I feel like I'm missing something.

Hey,

Yeah, I'm not quite sure what the point was of the Word step; I haven't really checked this solution out personally. Avoiding a layer of conversion is most definitely a good idea if possible.

Slideshows are a new feature in Flare 10. Check out the "What's New in Flare 10" PDF guide... it has ...

Has anyone experimented much with Flare compatibility with PowerPoint? I'm working on a project where our client requires PowerPoint content, and this is the first project that I was going to attempt in Flare, so I'm gathering some information.

A quick search on the forums turned up this topic ...

Thanks doc-guy, that does help quite a bit actually! I had never really considered the "export as Word and maintain there." That might work for some of our clients who do not have maintenance contracts, which is a good number of them, and may help to thin down the herd significantly. If I can winnow ...

Well, thanks for the wealth of responses here! I'm not 100% sure what is going to work best until I try it out in practice, but you've all given me a wide variety of perspectives and tools that I was previously lacking.

When I actually get to dig into this further (stupid non-Flare job ...

So,

I've been furiously reading stuff on Flare, single-sourcing, and I am a newbie that (thinks) he has a game plan. I thought I'd check in here in broad strokes and see if it made any sense or if there were any suggestions.

The main issue is that one of the software programs that I document is ...

Specifically, what we've been using in Word is a Multilevel list with the following attributes:

Chapter X (Big honkin' orange letters)
Exercise X.Y (Still pretty sizeable orange letters)
Exercise Section (A), B),C)) (kinda big orange letters)
Step X ( reasonable orange letters)
Step Section (A ...

Hrm, yes, I wasn't really aware that there was a difference based on my initial help topic readings.

I don't see any reason why I can't accomplish what I'm after by using autonumbering and some judicious creation and application of styles, though it'll be a bit less elegant than a custom list I ...

Hello,

I'm a new Flare user, so please excuse any accidental newbie-ness.

So, I'm migrating documents from Word to a single-source setup primarily designed for digital PDF and HTML5 web-help outputs. In the help topics, I see that autonumbering is supported in all "print-based outputs," including ...