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Create a page layout - http://webhelp.madcapsoftware.com/flare7/Content/Page_Layouts/About_Page_Layouts.htm
add a decoration frame 1" smaller than the page on all sides, and insert a border with by right-clicking, selecting Properties, opening the Boarders tab, and setting the specific widths of ...

i don't think the snippet will show because it is not directly in the html file (it is linked to the snippet file). snippets join the html only during the build process.
if you convert the snippet to text (right-click on the bar on the left side of the editor), it will no longer be linked to the ...

Push for a widescreen. A single widescreen gives you more real estate to do side-by-side screens, short of having a two monitor setup. Two widescreen monitors are definitely the best scenario, especially if you're like me and you prefer to cut-and-paste from Word to Flare, for example, instead of ...

HiyaKath wrote:I guess I'll just have to lobby for a larger monitor instead.

Sounds like a good idea!

Does this topic help? http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewto ... 13&p=41649

Can you just make a new project and import/link to the original stylesheet and snippets? or, can you select the (default) option?

I worked through something like this a for lining up my paragraph numbers (but you could use it for heading numbers i think) on the left and putting the text all lined up next to it (not under the number). see these topics:
http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12405&p=69788#p69788 ...

Sorry. I didn't notice you wanted chm output.

it looks like you can do this in search by using filters - http://webhelp.madcapsoftware.com/flare ... |filtering
the flare help has filters associated with it. i don't think you can filter a TOC though.

It is possible to set TOC entries (to PDFs) with target="_blank", which would open it in a new window. maybe this would help.
here is the flare help for this - http://webhelp.madcapsoftware.com/flare7/Content/TOCs/More_About_Tables_of_Contents/Specifying_the_Browser_Frame_for_a_TOC_Entry.htm ...

I just looked at my output files to see if what you're seeing is common.
The name of my skin is DocLib. when I go to my output file, i find a Skin folder that has all the possible accordion htmls and a folder for the images in the skins, BUT these are not the images i use in my skin. these are ...

Nevertheless: Do learn some more about HTML and CSS - it really helps keeping frustrating situations at bay. We are six in our department working with Flare and only two of us know HTML and CSS => The other four are frustrated and swear and shout ... we don't ...
i agree with this. knowing html ...

It is not uncommon for Word to add extra tags to text, as you saw in your import. that is why we suggest cleaning up word docs before importing too.

although you can dictate when new topics start, flare does not give the option to separate them into folders by chapter. you can submit a feature request here - https://www.madcapsoftware.com/bugs/submit.aspx

do you have anything for left padding?
and make sure you are editing the correct style (since it may be called something else if you imported and kept original styles) and in the correct medium.

do you mean that it divided topics in weird places? what do you have set for 'avoid empty topics' and the topic word limits? what styles do you have mapped for the import? if your original word doc has extra styles and empty paragraphs and page breaks, it will definitely not be a clean import. i ...

There are a lot of topics here with information about formatting lists using paragraph styles (i can find some tomorrow, but i'm running out the door now).
And, there is a very big learning curve for Flare. have you read the help guide about switching from robohelp to flare?

You are supposed to use the toolbar buttons, and then modify the ol, ul, and li styles in the stylesheet. and when you edit this part of the stylesheet, make sure the medium is correct and it matches the medium you are trying to view in the topic editor. how were you formatting it?

Also, it is very ...

have you tried closing Flare and opening again, or rebooting your computer?

you may have to ask this on a FM forum.

I do not think there is an easy way to import flare content into InDesign. i just tried placing an html file in indesign and got all the html tags with it. there may be some ideas in the indesign help/forum community, but i don't think they would stay linked to be able to re-sync.

why do you have ...

the log usually shows you which topic has the broken link in it, and which topic the link is supposed to go to. do you not see this?
are your cross references turning into dummy text, or are the links there and not working? when i have hyperlinks in a PDF topic, i have made my stylesheet make them ...

My H1, H2, and H3 levels have a different top spacing, whether its margin or padding I'm not sure, depending on whether I set the topic to break to the next page or not.

what settings do you have for margin and padding for these styles?
do you have a special page layout for "first page of a ...

have you set the specific master stylesheet in each target properties page, or is it set to default?

and on a side note, you don't have to have separate stylesheets for each target. you can just create print-Word, print-PDF, and online mediums in one standard stylesheet. then you might not have ...

Flare currently doesn't have a way to incorporate a PDF into a generated PDF, but you can submit a feature request if that would interest you - https://www.madcapsoftware.com/bugs/submit.aspx

i think the only other way to do this would just make a hyperlink to the separate PDF form and make sure it ...