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I've not noticed text "bunching" when I've used <div> tags but then I've not looked too closely. How does the output look?

What do you mean by "output," exactly? Word, PDF, WebHelp?

I was referring to this problem in a previous post:
Okay, I've done this, but I'm seeing odd things. Gee ...

Yup, as Kevin says - whatever you want to keep together needs to be in the same <div> tag. A <div> tag can contain numerous other tags including more than one <p> tag etc. I mostly use mine to hold bunches of <p> tags, <table> tags, and the odd <img> tag. If you select the stuff you want grouped ...

For the specific problem you described - I put both the sentence and the image in a specific div class and set the page-break-inside property to "avoid" (under Print Support), it works perfectly.

How would I put the sentence and the image in a specific div class?

First I would go into the style ...

For the specific problem you described - I put both the sentence and the image in a specific div class and set the page-break-inside property to "avoid" (under Print Support), it works perfectly.

Are you using the latest 4.1? Ie does Flare prompt you for an update when you start it? There was a problem with the first release of Flare 4.1 which caused vanishing text in certain tags, it may be related. It has been fixed in the subsequent patch and Flare 4.1.4.

http://forums.madcapsoftware.com ...

I'm seeing similar results too. PDF generation used to give me the bitmap error sporadically and take an absolute age to generate. It's speeded up significantly with the latest patch.

because my default browser is not IE, but I've gotten used to the Microsoft-only approach and developer arrogance....or better to say ignorance here. What makes me wonder is why QA doesn't catch something obvious like this.

My default browser isn't IE either (I use both FF and Safari) but I have ...

Sorry, bad choice of words on my part. Delays them significantly would be more appropriate. I'll try disabling it for the next Flare installation and see what happens.

Ahh I wonder if it is McAfee that's killing my Flare installs as well then? I've been fine building PDFs as well FWIW.

That is one of the weirdest installs I have experienced. I clicked Finish and the whole thing disappeared. I restarted Flare and it still gave me the SP1 available message, so I did it again, and then again. Then I tried to run it manually from my desktop.

I did exactly the same thing too. I ...

I'm not sure if you've seen these, Release Notes for 4.1 (the first): http://kb.madcapsoftware.com/Content/Fl ... _Notes.htm

My Flare downloaded a patch for 4.1 this morning, all seems well so far.

When you import the document there's a tiny (frankly it ought to be bigger) checkbox on the "Source Files" tab which reads "Link Generated Files To Source Files" - it appears it is selected by default. Have you accidently left this selected per chance when you probably want to clear it? I've not ...

4.1 (take two) fixed the vanishing span tag (and a whole heap of other stuff too).

A bug has been lodged on this - see the post in this forum :
http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7111&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=landscape%E2%80%A6

Unfotunately, it's not been fixed in 4.1 :(

For the moment I'm creating Word output, which handles landscape OK and then I'm ...

These links may help you:

http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewto ... f=8&t=6102
http://kb.madcapsoftware.com/Content/Fl ... 20Help.htm

Hi Scott

Thanks for your reply, I'll give it a go.

I've also found a little PDF tool which allows me to change the hidden properties in the file. I find going straight to PDF much easier these days as Word appears to ignore various aspects of CSS!

Simply put, does it work? I have a page layout set to A4 landscape for Normal, First, Left, Right, Empty - my topic is associated with this page layout and I publish straight to PDF, but the output is always portrait. Has anyone had this working? Perhaps I'm missing something. I'm using Flare 4.1 ...

These links may help you:

http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewto ... f=8&t=6102
http://kb.madcapsoftware.com/Content/Fl ... 20Help.htm

The file "SetupMadCapFlare0410.exe" was downloaded on Thursday. The file "SetupMadCapFlare0412.exe" was downloaded today - hence my assumption. I do not have the exact build numbers.

As I've not gone back to 4.1 yet (bit rushed today as I'm training in London tomorrow and still have a long train ...

From this Forum Post http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=7735#p43462
A new update for Flare 4.1 has been released, you can download it from the Same Link you downloaded 4.1.

Can we get the updated download(s) through Flare's Help->Check for Updates, or does this still point to ...

Thank you!

I best get 4.1 installed on Monday morning before I head to London for training!

Yes I received a very prompt reply and I know they've been able to reproduce it (and probably on my project) but certainly a project. They are working on a fix and as usual MadCap support is being exceptional in every way. I know I had to roll back as I couldn't work with text I couldn't see ...

You may be interested to learn that this was in the Release Notes for 4.1 "throws System.OutOfMemory error during import from Word Fixed"

From http://kb.madcapsoftware.com/Content/Flare/General/GEN1021F_FlareV4.1_Release_Notes.htm

To abandon a trial of a product because you've run into an ...

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Google search suggests GNU General Public License or possible Gothenburg Pinball League, but neither seems to fit in the present context...

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Sorry Lisa - I was referring to the 'fix' of switching between online and print layout that was mentioned rather than the hyphen property. Come to think of it I think mine only appeared when it was at the end of the line (now you come to mention it) but MadCap camp have a copy of my naughty project ...