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We have just started to investigate ElasticSearch.
I will post when I have more details.

Does it build ok without embedding the images? Might be worth a try.

In the "olden" days, we'd create Word docs like that and then use a macro in Word to embed the images outside of Flare.
That macro can be found in the old knowledgebase.
https://kb.madcapsoftware.com/Content/Flare/Outputs/Printed ...

I used to use SnagIT but have been trialling a tool called Greenshot - main reason is because it is free.
So far I am very happy with it - and yes, it can do torn edges.
Here is a sample:

Actually it was in a Deprecated list - for 2018r2
https://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare2018r2/Content/Flare/Introduction/Whats-New-Flare.htm

However, that's not much good to people - if you don't know that something is missing, you won't know which release to go back and find the item in.

The ...

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Although that might be a pain, since the url is going to be relative to the topic folder.
We use ordinary tables, not Flare table styles, so I can't comment on the table cells.
However, wanted to add that we do all our Find/Replace actions (using FAR outside of Flare) when the topics are still ...

Starting a journey of automated builds with TFS/GIT/TeamCity/Octopus Deploy

We have managed to get a system that works on one target - first build the target using the madbuild command, package it in TeamCity, then publish, then release.
So I thought I would try to create a batch target as some of ...

We have just started using javascript variables so that we can change them in a text file more easily - a side effect is that you can update the value without having to recompile Flare.
For example, we created a file called "reference.js" and store it in the Resources folder - it contains javascript ...

It was about a quarter of the price. Won't go into details as I would have to translate from Aus dollars, and it depends on what support - we have bronze. Also bought our main licences as a group > 5.
I think the build licence is worth the cost.

I can't help with moving the Output folder, but we use GIT and we can ignore it. Our .gitignore file looks like this:

/Output
/Analyzer
/FileSync
/Project/Users
/.gitignore
**/Thumbs.db

For reference, with multiple authors, we have found that if anyone tries to change the Output folder it usually ...

We have also just started testing our process with TeamCity. We ended up buying a Build Licence for Flare - it is an extra licence but much cheaper.
Our first project (of many dozens) has now been implemented and works. We use GIT repositories in TFS and bind the project to Flare. Once a pull ...

I don't have a direct answer for PDF debugging, but as a workaround I usually send to Word first and have a look at the styles there. If there is a problem like justification you can often work your way back by checking the generated Word styles.
Might be worth a try.

You could try creating a new "medium", set the style settings you need and then apply it to just the output target you need.

I went to the Flare one-day workshop held in Sydney yesterday - it was great. While some of the sessions were for beginners, even us long time users could still learn something. It is good to hear others talk about the new features - we try and use new features when they are released but don't ...

We have a similar issue and have decided to go with using CSH (context sensitive help) links between projects.
It is not appropriate for us to keep everything in the one project. For example, we have dozens of applications that all need to link to a more generic Release process - we keep the release ...

This is the ?FAR that use (and I think ChoccieMuffin as well)
http://www.helpware.net/FAR/help/hh_start.htm

The download page is:
http://www.helpwaregroup.com/products/far

There's no export function that I know of. I have used old fashioned copy/paste before, which gets everything except the status icons.

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Unfortunately, it IS still the case.
We have macros to convert the heading styles that work OK. However, the "li" and even some of the "p" styles are still a problem. For example, we might have paragraphs within List items in Flare that have the correct indentation, but if we convert P ...

In Reports, you can get a list of "Topics Not Linked By Map ID".
Try starting with the Empty report, and scroll to the CSH section for the Topcis Not LInked... option.
This would give you ALL topics not linked, not just those in your CSH folder, but is in alpha order and can be scanned quickly.

Unfortunately I can't duplicate your error. I can always access the topic toolbar proxy from a master page. I tried changing the primary target, but it was always available for me.
I added a master page from the factory settings and it comes with a topic toolbar already added - have you tried that?

We created a TopicToolbar skin.
Added a Toolbar proxy to our master page.
Also updated the target - on the Skins tab, we selected to topic toolbar skin there as well.

We are looking into this as well - that is, linking many projects. SideNav has the same limitations (but looks nice).
Our next trial is to try and incorporate ElasticSearch, but the powers that be have said this will cost us in licence fees.
Will do some testing over the next few weeks anyway ...

Go straight! No Crying!

We have old projects that still need a CHM created, but we have updated our main styles to be side nav.

We created a new project and set up the new skins, mainly for our new projects. We also updated the style sheet and master pages in the process. There are new css style ...

It is most likely an artifact left behind after deletion as you guessed. I have had this happen and had no problems removing the tag manually.

Word can do that with an Embed field, but to get Flare to do that would depend on how you have set up the link from the HTML in the first place.
I have not tried this from Flare before - how have you set up the link to the diagram to start with?

It's not Flare but HTML that has a limit of six heading levels.

You might be able to fake it by setting the "mc-heading-level" of your p.h7 style. Have a look at the help here:
http://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare2017r3/Content/Flare/Output/Printed-Output/Determining-Heading-Levels-Print-TOC.htm ...