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We once had a search problem when we accidently checked the "Include server-side Help ..." checkbox on the "Publishing" tab of the target.
Another time we had a search problem when we linked to a conflicting JQuery library in a master page (just removed the link and used the Madcap jquery).
Others ...

There is an option to check under:
File > Options > General tab > "Use Local Help"

Edit the Skin file, and instead of looking in the Styles tab, look under "UI Text" - you should find the label for Search Filters there.

I have only used the trial version so far. I liked using the project management dashboard.
We have only tested using single source binding. Dual bound sounds way too confusing - I'm not sure I can see what the benefits would be.

If the help is needed for different products, I would suggest separate projects for each, but keep your common files, like CSS, master pages, etc, in a global project/template and just import the common files in as needed using Global Project Linking.
Read up on GPL : http://help.madcapsoftware.com ...

The "group types" you mention are all HTML elements, and so, no, you can't create your own.
If all you need to do is bulk find and replace you can use a tool like FAR that uses regular expressions to find end tags that match particular div or paragraph classes.
Other editor tools like NotePad++ may ...

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You need to label each style to distinguish the figures and tables - people usually use F for figures and T for tables.
Have a look at : http://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare2017/Content/Autonumbers/AutoNumber_Format_Examples.htm

For Tables use
T:Table ...

The Include Files drop-down has all the main file groups, but you can add to this by using the Edit ... button, then Add the condition tag sets.
If you just want to import only conditions, you can also edit the text directly in the drop-down window.
For example, in this image, the drop-down ...

It looks like you have more than one header (*.h) file and the entries are duplicated across these files rather than the alias file.
It's possible these are the problem - do you really need so many .H files?

If you are creating several target outputs from the one project for the one application ...

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C1D2HAuthor.dot is in my list of disabled Add-Ins, but I see no option to enable it in the MS Word Options.

File tab > Options > Add-ins
Down the bottom there is a selection list labelled "Managed". Select "Disabled Items" from that and click Go...
You should then be able to select and Enable ...

We cleaned up and merged our style sheets from a number of different projects some time ago, but it was a manual process. To be honest, though, it wasn't that difficult.

From a basic point of view, yes, you can just copy the contents of one style sheet into another and it will work. Because styles ...

I think this is a bug in Flare, but there are a few work-arounds.
What version of Flare and Word are you using? I see this problem with Word 2013 documents imported into Flare, but not when I import on a machine with Word 2010.
We discussed this a year or so ago in the following thread: https ...

Is it possible that no primary target is set? I have sometimes noticed this when I have restored a project from a zip file, and I need to reset the primary.

Thanks Nita, glad you could confirm for me how other source-bound projects work.
Will continue testing this Central thing. By the way, our Melbourne Flare user group has set up a sample project so we can try it during the beta release time.
Stay tuned!

When I open a project in the new Flare that is connected to Madcap Central, it asks if I want to pull the latest changes. However, it doesn't give me a list of what changes are there so I don't want to say yes until I know what will be updated.

Is this a case of the question asked in the wrong ...

I have been playing with Central and looking at the source repository and come across an issue (but it is not a major problem).
Was wondering why my changes have been assigned to the "unknown user" when I have logged in and are part of the team.

I think we should use the forum to try out ideas rather than just go straight to a feature request. Sometimes there might be several ways to do something, and discussing it first can help.
I have been caught a few times when some features change because people asked for an update, and I had been ...

In your target check the Advanced tab for the "Generate resized copies of scaled images" checkbox.
If this is set, and you have resized images, you'll get extras as you have observed.
You can clear this but you should also check your images as you may not need to resize them.

Yes, there is a setting.
Go to File then choose Options from the bottom of the list.
On the General tab, clear the option to "Auto Reload Documents".

On the Advanced tab there is an option called "Embed images in output" - you need to check that.

Yes it does - it can show unused images but I don't think you can restrict to just .PNG files.
Select Project Organiser > Reports > Add Report file
Then pick either the Empty report or the Unused Items report, scroll down to the Images section and select what you want. I usually select Used and ...

Is the heading numbering being imported from Word? I normally turn off auto numbering just before I do an import so that the headings come through as just the text. That way, I can easily set up the formats, including Flare numbering, without a problem.

I'm not clear about exactly what you need. What do you mean by reserving the use of H1 styles for titles? Are you aware that you can set Flare to always use H1 as the title? (in the import dialog, set "Automatically set topic title").

Did you try the File List? Look for it on the View menu tab. You can filter across all files and sort by clicking the column headings. This is an option I use a lot!

In Content Explorer, you can select multiple files at a time using the Toggle Show Files button - that's the 2nd button from the left. You can then select several files in a folder and apply or remove conditions and other properties.
Another option is to use the File List (View ribbon) - you can ...