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The technical solution here looks good, but, in my opinion, one overlooked issue is that the graphics dominate the text and may impede usability.

I'm about to dive into Mimic, and, of course, Management wants some idea of how long it's going to take to make demos and tutorials. If anyone has a few general guidelines that you'd be willing to share, I'd appreciate it. I certainly accept the fact that "the creator" is probably the biggest factor ...

I ran into a similar challenge when importing an MSWord doc with multiple tables. All table cells were formatted with <p> bound to <td>. Here's the way I was able to unbind all the content in a table's cells at once:
1) Select the table rows and columns.
2) Right-click and select "Cell Content Style ...

Flare seems to create a td class <td class="TableStyle_TableOnline_Body_0_0_RowSep_ColSep"> that doesn't show up in the topic CSS. The settings are probably in there. Do I add this class to the topic CSS by using the text editor and just set a font size setting?

These snippets don't supply all of the topic's content, and they are used in various contexts. Headings are a challenge in reusable content: As the context changes, hierarchy becomes an issue.

In the PDF Target Editor, on the Printed Output tab, do you have "Use TOC depth for heading levels" enabled or disabled? If you have it enabled, then it will set up the TOC with the lower topics indented under the parent books. So if a topic is three levels deep (indented) in the TOC, then it will ...

My td and th font size settings (print medium) aren't working properly in PDF output. Both p tags and td have print medium settings of 9pt, but td results are visibly larger. Any thoughts? The WebHelp output looks exactly as it should (font settings for p at 1em and td at .9em).

Yes, I much, much prefer going directly to PDF vs. going to FrameMaker and then PDF. All the post-build work in FrameMaker was throwaway work. I've now eliminated almost all the throwaway work.... It took awhile to figure it out, but it's now working.
I agree. I chose Flare because of the ...

Another way to resolve this is to move the "Index" title flush left. That will mask the effect you mention.

Flare v. 4.2.1--I have exactly the same issue. I tried the same seemingly approach and saw no change in the PDF output.

I found it by opening the CSS in the text editor.

"Use TOC Depth" is enabled. I think it's set up right. I think garyjgeoaccess has it right... probably set h3 to 0, but I don't see that control in the h styles or TOC styles. I find mc-heading-format, but not "level."

Somehow I've managed to restrict TOC depth to two levels. How do eliminate the restriction? I can't find this setting in the CSS or in the TOC properties. I have topics in the TOC that don't show in the TOC or the book.

Thanks, garyjgeoaccess. You are a fantastic help! Now I need to figure out the mindnumbing chapnum-pagenumbering challenge. If you have insights into that one, lead on.

Assuming I can get my index to work more like a conventional one than the default offering, I'd like to separate the index entry from a page number with a comma. Any tips?

...tables in PDF output are either 4.5 inches wide or 6 inches wide, depending on the table style selected. If you need to tweak column width, use percentages (and don't expect that Flare will really pay much attention to what you enter).
I've been fighting exactly this battle. Does the above mean ...

I solved the header/footer mirroring issue by using tables. Works for PDF output.

Any news on this for PDF output (Flare 4.2)? I need to get the chapnum-pagenum format for my generated TOC. I would like to set this up to remove the chapnum that now displays before the heading and instead get the chapnum-pagenum construction flush right.

I think you need to preface your mc-auto-number-format style with GH, not just H. This turns on a global series. And keeps the numbering going from topic to topic. Otherwise, the numbering keeps getting reset from topic to topic.

Just tested this. It's true. "G" appears to be required in this ...

I adapted my FrameMaker autonumbering styles, which hold numbering locations for figures and tables in the final two spots. Here's the scheme:
h1--H:{chapnum}{ =0}{ =0}{ =0}{ =0}{ =0}{ =0}
h2--H:{chapnum}.{n+}{ =0}{ =0}{ =0}{ }{ }
h3--H:{chapnum}.{n}.{n+}{ =0}{ =0}{ }{ }

Do you see any obvious ...

Flare 4.2. PDF Output.
Chapter autonumbering seems to be working OK within topics, but each new topic within a chapter starts with 1 instead of incrementing according to its position in the TOC. For example, if chapter 3 had one topic with an H1 and two H2s, the output would show the H2 as 3 Heading ...

A nice reference to Robert Frost.

stare at it long enough and you'll see how it works.

Thanks, Gary. I stared... saw how it worked and realized that the borders were all set to none as they were supposed to be. Since, as my mother (no convert to chaos theory) maintains, "everything happens for a ...

Something there is that doesn't love a wall...
How do I get rid of the top borders that seem to be a default setting on a page layout? The frame properties say that borders are "not set," so I've set them all to "none," click OK, and save the layout. (When I go back to the flpgl file, it says that ...

I have a page layout that requires a sidehead margin with the typical range of numbered and unnumbered lists in the body content. The numbered lists seem to be turning out fine... indenting 1.25 inches from left and ol ul sublists format properly. I am having trouble with the plain ul, however.

I ...

I've set up a print target for autonumbering... In the absence of a Tab, I could use at least a couple of non-breaking spaces. How do I insert these in the CSS?