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Your developers (if it's a software company or something like that) would know, and I'm pretty sure you would know too. It doesn't come with Flare, but newer versions of Flare can interface with some source control systems.

What happened that you didn't expect, or didn't happen that you wanted?

The folder is nothing except a folder. You tried to rename "Copy of..."? If any files are linked anything in that folder, you'll have to update the links.

What were you trying to do?

Are you changing a project name (which is the name of the whole Flare document - ends in .flprj) or the topic name (ends in .htm)?

Did you ever try clicking on these links? The default of a clicked link is usually a different color (like purple).

I like when I know the answer to things and can help!

I think if you make it to 100 you'll be a Sr. Propeller Head. It took me almost a year to get to that level!

Yes. You just have to save it to C:\Documents and Settings\myname\My Templates\StyleSheets
(create the last two folders if necessary)

Then, when you add a new stylesheet to your project, you can choose your "default" from the My Templates option.

I found a solution for sorting by condition!

MadCap Support just informed me of a way to sort the File List by conditional tag!! (i've been searching forever, and it's very helpful when i put tags on topics that are complete, partly complete, etc.)

I was so excited to learn this that I had to ...

MadCap Support just informed me of a way to sort the File List by conditional tag!! (i've been searching forever, and it's very helpful when i put tags on topics that are complete, partly complete, etc.)

I was so excited to learn this that I had to share it somewhere so other people would know ...

Why would you want to open a topic like that?

Also, are you trying to open from the Content or Output folders?

Another option would be saving new images to the same names as the existing ones so that they update automatically. (just make sure it still applies to that topic.)

To make the search tab be the default:
1. Open the skin editor.
2. On the Basic tab, click Search in the Features box.
3. Click Make Default. (default) should display after Search.

I'm not sure about a link to the search pane.

I don't have a solution, but I have gotten these errors before and I think it just tried re-highlighting the word and it went away. I don't exactly remember why it got messed up, but if i just try again a few times it seems to fix itself.

I think this may be more of a problem when I'm trying to ...

KevinDAmery wrote:In other words, pretend the ribbon isn't there and build your own toolbar? (sorta like you would in Office 2003?)

In that case, you can double click on the ribbon (names of the tabs) and minimize it so you really forget it's there!

That's pretty cool. I never knew that.

I never knew that was an option anywhere. I just assumed you would have to type a heading in sentence or title caps depending on which way you wanted it.

Also, someone mentioned the style presets--why can't I put my corporate styles there? And why isn't there a style reset there?

Kevin,
This doesn't really have anything to do with Flare anymore, but it is possible to put your corporate styles in the style box. You just have to click the Manage ...

M$ came up with the ribbon because they found out that most users didn't know how to find tools in Word 2003 and earlier--only experts could remember which menu they were in."

Shouldn't we be considered "experts" if we use this tool practically every day? It's true that there are still things in ...

I use conditional tags at the topic level to do that. Right-click on a topic in the Content Explorer and click Properties. On the Conditional Text tab, choose a conditional tag (click the Edit Set button to add more tags).

I'm sure as you get more familiar with Flare, you'll be returning the favor and solving other people's problems.

I have the logo in the upper right corner of the webhelp screen hyperlink to our website.

In the Skin, Styles tab, under Toolbar Item > Logo, for OnClick I have:

window.open('http://www.yourcompany.com');

I've also obviously changed the icon so users don't click on the MadCap logo and go to our ...

Why does it matter if multiple skins are in the \Data folder if you're only referencing one in your target? I'm pretty sure users can't see your source files to know that other skins are saved there.

1. Did you accidentally turn off the tool bar or remove all of the icons? That is on the WebHelp Toolbar tab of the skins stylesheet. My only other thought for this one would be maybe the logo you used to replace the MadCap logo is mostly white and too big so it covered up the whole toolbar.

2 ...

I'm sorry you thought Flare integrated with CVS. I'm not sure if it says that somewhere (I started using Flare before it integrated with any source control, but it would have been nice if CVS integrated), but seriously, the manual process takes me less than a minute to do (for a project with about ...

I use CVS, but not directly from Flare. I just publish my projects to a specific directory, and then manually add/commit my files from there. I use TortoiseCVS, which makes it very easy (just a few right-clicks and my project is done).