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As a workaround you can add the Unicode characters for opening and closing quotes and single quotes.

Tedious? Maybe, but it gets the desired result.

Flare needs support for .NET 3.x to render them on the fly.

It is a TextPad issue AFAIK.

Try Notepad? XMLSpy?

I think you'd find that it's a lot simpler when you create the content originally in Flare.
A worthwhile idea, perhaps to be implemented in the future. Until then, this is our reality.


Lisa, the autonumbering works great the way you suggested (even for my table autonumbering problem) so I've ...

So instead of having one generic class to handle an ordered list of lowercase letters at the second level we have to use two? gaaak! :shock:

This is a very expensive solution when you have thousands of files. We already have two classes for each level of numbering. This solution doubles the number ...

Thanks for the tips. You are right -- we're PDF output not Word.

We use a generic class with autonumbering because we have several sources of data. The list restart option is unavailable because these are paragraphs . No, we aren't planning to convert hundreds of paragraphs in thousands of files.

When I enter a start code and save the file the autonumbering ...

You will have to adjust the style for printed material. (We have a version of the style for online and one for printed.) Because the "Note" text in my example is added when the style is applied there's no need for tabs. Apply the style and that's it.

Another thought is to make a DIV class. This ...

Most of our autonumbering works okay. However there are still problems with uniquely numbered items such as :

1
2
3
a
b
4
5
c (should be a)
d (should be b)
6

Do we need a complex selector? And how do we code autonumbering to allow us to do this? (Sometimes the list is longer than just a and ...

Here's how I coded for our tips. This formatting also holds the autonumbering of any sequence it's in.

p.tip
{
display: block;
mc-auto-number-class: numbr;
mc-auto-number-position: outside-head;
padding-bottom: .5em;
margin-right: 0.5em;
font-family: sans-serif, Verdana;
margin-bottom: 0.5em ...

Well, great idea but didn't work. Back to the drawing board.

You are correct -- not the actual problem. Issues were entered.

Thanks Kevin. I think I was trying a complex selector with the td after the class -- I'll give your idea a try.

Bug added, enhancement requested, and more. Thanks for the advice.

Perhaps the index proxy?

I'm sorry I did not explain the challenge very well.

We use the same style for numbered items in a table, and for items outside a table. We are trying to find a way to apply autonumbering, by row, in a table, without having to apply new styles to thousands of files.

Is this possible in Flare?

As I mentioned I already have autonumbering in a list. But I also need autonumbering in tables which must be row-specific.

Autonumbering in the list must continue after the table, and not be affected by autonumbering in a row. Autonumbering in a row must not be affected by autonumbering in a list ...

You should be able to see relevant styles in the Style window (press F12). The styles that display are based upon your selection. For example, if I'm in a numbered list, the Style window shows me only styles related to numbered lists.

When I right-click to select a style I get approximately the ...

Wondering about the best approach for uniquely autonumbered text within a table when the table is part of a larger stream that is autonumbered.

Example
An autonumbered list:
1.
2.
3.
A table, with autonumbering set to keep the count of the list but not display it.
<td> cells can be a ...

I should be able to enter a style name like "list-bullet" -- but Flare doesn't allow (although it's perfectly kosher CSS). So I have to enter the style by hand.

I should also be able to enter a list of styles and give them one set of properties -- such as

p.widget, li.widget, p.foo { text-align ...

I'm in V4, just starting to look at how Flare 4 handles an index stylesheet for printed material and -- yep, I am seeing the same thing.

I'm very comfortable with CSS but don't always understand how Flare implements CSS. I typically end up coding items in the stylesheet, then opening Flare and ...

I'm pretty sure I understand the issue. I have the bookmarks I want, no extraneous bookmarks, or "what is that doing there?" bookmarks. And they link.

The "Printed Output Guide" provided by Madcap is very useful.

More formatting ideas for your consideration. Working in Flare version 4, output to PDF, from XP.

Text for a tip in a box with color, and the word "tip" outside the box, at the left.

p.tip
{
background-color: #fff8e1;
clear: both;
margin-bottom: 4pt;
margin-left: 4em;
margin-right: 4em ...

Tana,

I am trying to set the spacing between the generated content and the first leader character, such as the following:

TOCITEM ........ 1

I am trying to control the space between TOCITEM and the first leader (the first dot). The control you suggested actually changes the right margin. For ...

thanks doc_guy, I appreciate knowing there's safety in numbers.

When you're used to having typographic control, it's hard to relinquish it. Typography does so much to enhance product image with customers.

I entered this as an enhancement. Case 7741.

Thanks everyone!