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Do the developers actually need to edit the topics in the project, or do they just need the output?

If the developers don't need the project source files, then keep that on your local PC and publish the target to the network location where they want it. To do this, set up the network folder as a ...

Yep, it's really up to the author (not Flare) to tidy up unused topics.

If you have a load of junk topics in your project, then it's up to you to decide what to do with them. If you definitely don't need them, then delete them. If you don't know if they're used or you think you might need them ...

I think I'm missing something here. How can I use the styles and js functions that ship with Flare in MadCap.css and the MadCap .js files if I'm importing a project from Frame?

I think the short answer is that you don't map styles to MadCap.css. You would map them to the stylesheet that you use ...

LTinker68 wrote:Just out of curiosity, why do you need a page break at the start of each page? Are you trying to generate one print output for use in both the U.S. (ANSI A-sized paper) and Europe (A-sized paper)?

Nope, I simply just want to have each topic on a separate page in the Word output.

If you know that all of your topics are H1 or H2, then in the Print Support in the stylesheet put a page break before, that way each H1 or H2 would start on a new page

Unfortunately they aren't, about 50% of the topics have some content above the H1 heading, so I can't set a page break before the ...

When you merge projects, Flare doesn't merge the alias files from the sub-projects, so CSH calls to these sub-projects don't work.

MadCap published a work-around for WebHelp projects (see below), which basically involves merging the alias files by hand. I've not tried it with HTML Help targets, so ...

Yep, I can do that - I think that's the only way it's going to work.

One other thing, is it normal for the Word output not to include any content that's on the master page (e.g. paragraph text)? It'll include content that's inside a header/footer proxy, but anything else on your master page isn't ...

Yep, the maintenance package is worth it just for the upgrades, given how frequently MadCap release new versions of Flare.

Unfortunately the div block needs to be in the topic (as it contains 'see also' links).
Using a condition tag to exclude it from the Word output would work ok, but then I'd have to apply that to all the 4000+ topics.

I also tried setting the media@print style for the div tag to display:none, but ...

But it seems a bit odd to start a new page for every topic, regardless if it starts a new chapter or not...wouldn't it be more useful to specify to start a new page on every H1 and H2 for example?

The problem is that my topics don't always start with a h1 heading, some have a div tag above the h1 ...

I'm generating a Word output and I need to have a page break for each new topic.

By default, Flare seems to put in page breaks for h1 headings (using the page-break-before property).

However, the topics in my project don't always start with a h1 heading, some have content placed above the heading ...

It looks like this:
If you can't see it, it may be worth resetting your window layout by using Window > Layouts > Reset Window Layout.

I thought you may have it set to auto-hide, but it should still appear when you select it from the view menu or press F12.

Hmm... I've never even seen this 'hover help' for the tag blocks since I've been using Flare!
Just to get this right, it appears when you hover over a tag block?

All I get is a little ghost box attached to the cursor arrow.
The 'ghost box' is telling you you can drag and drop the block, you get ...

Yep, it's your quotes in the section +" class= " Script " >Send us feedback!</a>"

In the javascript, you're using quotes within quotes, so you need to tell it that the quotes around "Script" are part of the text.
To do this use a \ character before the quote, e.g.

document.write ("<a href ...

Presumably it was working at one point, so did you make any changes to the skin?

Yep, it does hide a lot of properties, but it is good for seeing which MadCap properties you can use.

In the other views, the Unclassified list shows all of the MadCap properties, whether or not you can actually use them with the current style.
The Assorted Relavant Properties view shows you the ...

Hi,
I have a question about editing the skin. How can I replace the madcap logo with my company logo in WebHelp output? The skin editor does not provide any option to replace/remove the madcap logo. Can someone help me?

Lalitha

See details and movie here...
http://kb.madcapsoftware.com/Default ...

As, SteveS mentioned above, you set up the order of the topics in your TOC.

or are we restricted to creating a topic for each new piece of information to be displayed to the user?

Each item in the TOC doesn't need to be linked to a separate topic though, you can link it to a bookmark or heading ...

To see the filename, just hover the mouse pointer over the image.

To open see the properties, right-click the image and select Edit image. (yep, 'Properties' would be a better name)

LTinker68 wrote:Older browsers may not recognize that property, BTW. I'm not sure if IE6 recognizes collapsed borders.

No, it's fine. It's ok from IE 5 onwards apparently.
http://www.w3schools.com/Css/css_table.asp

1. Does anyone know of a resource that defines the functions of the style sheet parameters?
If you're in Advanced view and you have it set to show all styles and show all properties, then you can click on a tag on the left to select it, then expand the "Unclassified" property category on the right ...

It does sound like you've either got the target output folder or publish destination folder set to your working project folder. If you have done this then you've overwritten your working topic files with the output files (and I hope you've got a backup from before it happened, otherwise you're ...

Use a autonumber format, for example:

p.number
{
mc-auto-number-format: '{n+}. ';
}

Press Enter to get a paragraph tag in the table cell, then apply the number class.

(You could alternatively use td.number (instead of p.number), but you may get formatting issues if some of your table cells ...

That's pretty strange, I wonder why Flare generates glossary files for projects that don't include a glossary?!

Anyway, I don't think any settings in your stylesheet are affecting this. It's my guess that the difference between your projects is down to your master pages, or possibly your targets ...

Just a tip... if you want all the items in the list to use the same bullet, then it'd be a lot easier to set up your bullet image in a class ul.Check .

Then you just need to right-click the ul tag and select Style Class > Check . This is a lot easier than applying a class to each li tag ...