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I think we need more information. The topic shows up in your TOC, search, and index, but if you click on it, nothing happens? what makes this topic different from any other ones? is it linked correctly in the TOC? can you open it normally in Flare (the xml editor)? was it visible in the past and ...

There are a lot of things you can tweak in the stylesheet if you just know where to look!
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You should be able to just not choose an image from the stylesheet.

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I know I've read about this somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.

Are there any options for one output file besides .chm? Is there a pure java version help (not .html)?

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You can put your stylesheet in (for WinXP) \My Documents\My Templates\StyleSheets so it will be available in Projects > Add Stylesheet and then the My Templates option.

Have you tried Project > Import File > Add MS Word Import File? They won't come in a certain directory structure, but they will each have their own TOC (and you can combine TOCs later easily).

Here's a link to good instructions for importing this way: http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewtopic.php ...

To open the stylesheet in a text editor:

1. In Flare, in the Content Explorer (press ctrl+J if it's not visible), open the Resources folder, then Stylesheets. Your stylesheet should be there (i think the default is Styles.css if you didn't make a new one).
2. Right-click on your stylesheet and ...

I usually just type and then go back and highlight the specific words that I want to hyperlink.

Don't listen to them!

Its all about change. I ran a presentation to my workgroup on my (own) laptop that runs Vista/ 2007. Such an outcry about the way its features fit our workflow we're now getting it installed on all the machines in our department. 2007 is different, but within a week you'll ...

I have a few suggestions (after looking at your project):

1 - the Chapter Titles in the topics say they are h1.Top_Header, but yes, I can't find that in your stylesheet. if you change the titles to h1, you should be ok in Word. Word automatically picks up h1, h2, h3, etc. by default for TOCs. (did ...

I create online help (WebHelp), but I've seen some good examples of online portfolios and websites made with Flare. Occasionally I export to Word or PDF.

A website/portfolio from doc_guy in this forum: http://paulpehrson.com/portfolio/Content/Topics/Portfolio/PaulPehrson.html
WebHelp samples: http ...

I noticed this with copying and pasting, but I don't do it that often, so it's not a huge problem for me. I think if you just copy/paste slower it is ok.

This might be related: http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4465

And if you still can't fix it, report the bug: https://www ...

Yeah, with IE and Acrobat/Excel, you get those options for any web page.

Kind of related to this:

I gave up spell checking in Flare a long time ago. Just last week I decided I was going to export the short version of my help (all 1200 Word pages of it) to Word, spell check there, and make the corrections in Flare. It would have been easier with a bigger monitor (or two ...

If I print to PDF from the context menu (with WebHelp), I get a PDF, but not like what I'm looking at. Printing to PDF is what i really want.
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I see your problem, but i don't know how to fix it. I don't use the Convert to PDF option too much, mainly ...

This worked for me:
http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6175&p=33471&hilit=ff3#p33471

Heads up, all. Here's the latest from Madcap, via Neal P.

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Currently, Firefox 3b5 has a more stringent file security model that does not allow local files to use XMLHttpRequest ...

With Word 2007, you have the option to save as .doc (the Word 2003 format), so I don't think you really need both versions installed. But I do know that you need Word 2007 for the PDF option in Flare to work (from Word).

Another option I thought of was to not use any folders and just put all the "child" books on the first level. I think it would be ok considering how small you said the project was. Just clearly label the first topic as Introduction (and you can still make it open by default).

See if this topic helps. It's really long, but we figured out the problem.

http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewto ... f=6&t=5916

I *think* this might be shown in this screen capture from Flare 4.

http://www.madcapsoftware.com/products/flare/

http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewto ... =13&t=5727

Thanks. At least it's not just me. I thought I was seeing things (or not seeing things)

When my cursor is on a p tag, the blocks on the left of the screen display.
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When my cursor is on a table tag, the main (html, body, etc) tags disappear. It just looks very empty to me, and I can't remember if it's always looked that way. Could I have accidentally turned off a view somewhere ...

The custom palettes are located (by default) in the My Documents/My Palettes folder (in WinXP). Is it not there anymore either?

You want just the image (and not any surrounding background)? You can use the Polygon (or oval) mode instead of Rectangle mode to crop, but if it were me, I'd probably use Photoshop.

I don't think Capture has a transparent background setting. See http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=18 ...