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Although there is a great deal of information on "templates" in the Flare user guide, it doesn't show a way to apply that to existing topics.
Is there a way to apply a template that includes a graphic to all topics in a project?


I'll start with this point. "Templates" are used as a ...

I've got no problem with V4 - you shouldn't need the patch (and a patch for a previous version is not likely to work). But if you rename the CHM file after it is generated, and you had the option to "Patch stylesheet and images ..." set on the Advanced tab, then you will still see the problem. I ...

Check in the TOC to see if one of the entries is calling itself.

If you want to have nested numbering just within a topic, I do it almost the same but not quite. For the heading numbering, we set it to "gloabal" so that it would continue across the final output no matter what topic is was in. For paragraph level numbering you probably don't need the "global ...

I posted some code for this some months ago - have a look at:
http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewto ... ure#p30137

... that pictures are not embedded to word output, that you have to go into word document after publish and select all and then edit links and save pics to document.
At the moment, this manual step is the only option. I turned it into a macro so I only have to open the Word document and click once ...

There's a check box on the Basic tab of the skin that controls whether this is shown or not. You can also just remove the browse sequence file from the project (Advanced folder) if you really don't want it.

Follow-up.

It looks like an issue with v3.1 (and earlier) that has been fixed in v4.

If you have an entry in the Word TOC that says "Error Bookmark not defined" you will get the problem. If you update all fields, or at least the TOC fields, before you import it should work OK. Maybe Flare 4 does ...

I've seen this before but not recently (pre v4), so I can't pin-point the exact cause. Check the Word document again for cross references or hyperlinks in the heading, and for any field codes on the heading as well.

And of course there's Flare's internal text editor.
I agree with you about using Notepad. Unfortunately, you can't "right-click" on the alias or header files anymore in Flare 4 and use the internal editor (in fact, nothing in the Project organiser - only Content files). I think that was my first ...

This looks like a Word problem. If the other person selects the whole document and updates the fields (press F9 key), the images should all appear. I can't think of any Word settings that would affect this (investigated update links on open, and picture placeholders).

A work around is to embed the ...

I've no definite ideas on that one, but I'd be checking the alias file in Notepad again - maybe an opening or closing bracket got removed by mistake?
I'd check the lines around Line 86 to make sure they were well formed. Post them if you need to.

Nope - I can't find them in the header file, alias file, or contents list. ...
Here's a possibility. When you checked for them in the alias file, did you use the Flare Alias Editor, or check in an external text editor? The Alias Editor won't show entries if it can't map to the topic, but you can ...

I have "kanchors" in my generated output. In the source files where I have an index keyword, the source entry is "madcap: keyword term ...", and these all get generated to html anchors, with a generated name of "kanchorNNN" (example, <a name=kanchor666 ...>).

Is it possible you have got your ...

MarinaMichaels wrote:How do I submit a feature request?

Here's the link:
https://www.madcapsoftware.com/bugs/submit.aspx
It's the same link for bugs and feature requests - you have to select the "type".

This is a known issue, but there are a few workarounds.

One thing you can do is just change the name of the output folder on the target tab to point where you want it to go. This seems fine initially, but if you move the project (like you want to work on it at home, or another colleague wants it ...

Does anybody have any tips or tricks for making sure that all topics have been worked through?
If it is just spelling you want to fix, you can run the spell checker over the whole project, or over the topics in one folder. Though I would recommend that you check spelling BEFORE you import a Word ...

I noticed something similar when using Flare 4. If the option to resize images in the Advanced tab of the target is set ON I had some problems. This was a problem when upgrading projects from v3.1 that had images with sizes specified (yes, I reported the problem).

Might be worth checking.

I found this, which works perfectly in online output:

<col style="width: 20%;" />
<col style="width: 80%;" />

But Word just ignores it and carries on its merry little way. :x

Hmmm - this works fine for us in Word, but we have our own table styles set up in a standard style sheet and don't use ...

We create our own medium for out printed output - we call it "msword" - just to avoid this situation. We don't generally print from the browser, but I know people will often print a page here and there. Creating your own medium can be done from the stylesheet editor using the "Add medium" button ...

I'd check that each topic has the style sheet assigned, not just the target - look in Properties (or F4) > Topic Properties. The linked style sheet can become "unstuck" if you copy/paste and move files around.
You can modify the assigned stylesheet for many files at once using the Show Files button ...

Yes, you can set the different layout types for the different targets. I'm only just getting in to testing page layouts (deciding if I will upgrade), but I did a few tests. I think the idea is to use page layouts in general for print output (Word, PDF, etc), and leave the master pages for web and ...

I don't think you can change this. I reported it ages ago, and got email that it was logged in the development database as an item for consideration. It looks like it hasn't been fixed in V4.

I wanted to set the Author, Company, and document title properties from Flare into Word.

Now if you want ...

On the target function, on the Printed Documentation tab there is a new option called "Generate mirror margins for Word" - try setting that.
(Note - I have not yet upgraded my master pages to page layouts from the previous version, so have not tested this option yet - it is on my list).

Have a look at the "show tags" option - looks like a t in angle brackets <t> in the XML Editor toolbar. There is quite a selection of items to show/hide in the list.