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I haven't tried this myself, but mayyybe you could use sibling combinators, i.e. the + / ~ symbols. It seems that the + refers to just the sibling directly before, while the ~ refers to all adjacent siblings. So you could do something like this:


h2 ~ p
{
margin-left: 6pt;
}


This means that ...

Good news, it absolutely is possible! You can set the definition for your title variable as something like this:
And it will automatically insert the correct version number during the build.

I'm not sure why it would be breaking now but not breaking before... But FYI, you can remove spaces from links by going to the Target > Advanced > Replace reserved characters with underscores in filenames.

That's certainly possible! You can add the mc-heading-level style to any paragraph style you like and it will appear in the TOC with that heading level.
For example, you might use:

Are you getting an error message as well, something like 'Invalid content detected inside table cell'? I suspect you're doing something that Flare doesn't really support, which would explain why it's struggling.

I know this is a bit of an old thread, but I have a workaround for this: I typically create a blank Flare project, then import only the targets I want out of the master project (grab the target and all linked files). Then you can pull all the files from that project into Lingo freely.

The downside ...

I think you should be able to apply a page break to the TOC proxy itself. Try this in your stylesheet:
MadCap|tocProxy
{
page-break-after: always;
}


Alternatively, in the TOC you might be able to apply a page layout break to the first topic, which would force it to start on a new page. However ...

If the literal message is "Build Terminated", have a look at this thread: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=26972.

I'm not having any problems with that on my installation... It sounds like a bug you should report to Madcap.

If you need a workaround before Madcap gets back to you, you could open the file you need to edit in Notepad++ or a similar text editor and code the new variables/conditions into the XML ...

Now that I understand what you want, I've realised I actually do use a format very similar to that for one of my heading styles. Here's what I came up with:


h1
{
margin: 6pt 0 18pt -72pt;
}

h1.autonumber
{
padding-left: 72pt;
mc-auto-number-format: 'GH:{n+}. ';
mc-auto-number-position ...

You probably won't like this answer, but generally I play around with the margins and padding until it looks about right... Is that image what you have right now, or is it what you want to achieve?

It's not a full solution, but have you looked at the Clean XHTML output? It strips away any non-standard Flare formatting, doesn't attach a skin, etc. Just basic XHTML pages.

You probably can't write the custom XML directly in Flare (or I guess you could, but it obviously can't be used for your ...

It's not quite smart enough to read that line the way you want it to. I believe you'd have to write:

Flare can't do this natively, but there may be other options.

Are you using source control? If so, you should be able to look in the documentation for your source control type to see how to revert.
If the folder where you store your Flare project is backed up, you should be able to retrieve a ...

I would typically do something like this:
div.warning1, div.warning2
{
[common attributes]
}

div.warning1
{
[unique attributes 1]
}

div.warning2
{
[unique attributes 2]
}


I've discovered it's not a good idea to put distinctive attributes directly on the div modifier, because it tends to ...

I'm not certain, but a few thoughts:

Flare might not read the header (assuming that it comes from a page layout) when it is building the TOC - it is probably only looking at the topics themselves for heading levels.
If you have Use TOC depth for heading levels enabled in the target, Flare is ...

You can create your own topic templates! See the information here: https://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare20 ... plates.htm

Do you use a lot of divs in your content? They are replaced by single-cell tables in word output (not sure why exactly).

This is a peer-to-peer forum, so you'll have to talk to Madcap about that! Try their bug report or feature request form (I'm not certain which this one should be).

Hi all, I have a long shot for you.

I'm creating CHM output for our software offline help. A lot of the topics are very long and I would like to collapse a lot of the text into dropdowns or togglers (slight preference for drop downs because they're easier to implement, but they do basically look ...

Try the Preserve Tracked Changes feature in Target > Advanced: http://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare201 ... hanges.htm

I've done this kind of thing a few times... My main piece of advice is to be aware where you are moving the files - either in File Explorer or in Flare itself. If you move the files in Flare, it will try to update the links, whereas File Explorer just moves the files.

My suggestion:
1) Create your ...

@Georgiod93 If you use any source control (e.g. Git), it will record every save you make in the commit log. Then you should be able to export the file history to show any changes, and your comments on them.

If you don't use source control, it might be too difficult to set up just for this purpose ...

Have you tried this with Lingo yet? Lingo typically brings in everything from your Flare project, so that it can create an identical version of the document/help in the other language. I don't use glossaries myself, but I don't see why you wouldn't be able to translate a glossary with Lingo.

You can pick your default list preference under File > Options > XML Editor > List. You'll want to set it to Simple.