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by nickatwork
Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:07 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Set Variables in TOC for PDF output to be used in filename?
Replies: 3
Views: 1322

Re: Set Variables in TOC for PDF output to be used in filename?

Ah that explains it then......still means im s**t outta luck though. Cant add variables to filenames.
by nickatwork
Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:36 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Set Variables in TOC for PDF output to be used in filename?
Replies: 3
Views: 1322

Set Variables in TOC for PDF output to be used in filename?

Hi all,
So I have a lot of short PDFs that I have set up to be creating a PDF per topic. Works fine.
The problem is, I want to add a variable to each of these TOC entry names as this name is used for the filename, and I want to append a version number to the file name.
At the moment, I just get ...
by nickatwork
Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:02 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Disable Search filters for specific Target?
Replies: 5
Views: 3561

Re: Disable Search filters for specific Target?

Ah solution found!
Create a new search filter, delete all filters, apply that filter to the target. Nothing shows up.
by nickatwork
Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:57 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Orphan/Widow scontrol wins out over page break settings?
Replies: 7
Views: 3993

Re: Orphan/Widow scontrol wins out over page break settings?

Yeah I've already sent a sample project to MadCap, hopefully they get back to me with a solution. Ill let you know how I get on.
by nickatwork
Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:20 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Disable Search filters for specific Target?
Replies: 5
Views: 3561

Disable Search filters for specific Target?

Hi all,
So I have Search filteres set up in my main webhelp output, I'm creating another webhelp output that is nothing to do with the main one. totally separate, only thing they share are a few snippets and stylesheets, for the life of me I can not disable the search filter set that is being used ...
by nickatwork
Wed Nov 16, 2011 2:49 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: copying a table style
Replies: 2
Views: 940

Re: copying a table style

Right-click on the style, Copy, right-click again, Paste. It will name it the same with a _1 prefix. Just rename and you're away. I do it all the time.
by nickatwork
Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:49 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Orphan/Widow scontrol wins out over page break settings?
Replies: 7
Views: 3993

Re: Orphan/Widow scontrol wins out over page break settings?

Yeah the <li> tags have <p> tags within them. but this shouldn't be messing with it. The orphan/widow stuff is set in the <body> tag but then the page-break control is set in the <li> tags.
It is really frustrating, and I'm sure didnt used to happen like this, I've tried messing with all sorts of ...
by nickatwork
Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:06 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Orphan/Widow scontrol wins out over page break settings?
Replies: 7
Views: 3993

Orphan/Widow scontrol wins out over page break settings?

Hi all,
Just started building some new PDFs and I've noticed some of my <li> blocks are now breaking the pages with only a few lines - it looks to be down to widow/orphan control which I haven't messed with, its just set to the default 2 lines.
Question is, does widow/orphan control over rule the ...
by nickatwork
Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:38 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Webhelp: PDFs causing topics to load in TOC pane
Replies: 2
Views: 1192

Re: Webhelp: PDFs causing topics to load in TOC pane

Turns out this is a bug in Flare. Solution at this point is to uncheck the Marge TOC Chunks optiopn in the Target settings.
by nickatwork
Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:28 am
Forum: Styles, Stylesheets and XML
Topic: Styles Issue in Preview and Build
Replies: 8
Views: 2982

Re: Styles Issue in Preview and Build

Can you post a few screen shots. One of the content in flare, with the html tags showing on the left of the editor for the ul and ol lists and one of the output that you see.
If could be a stylesheet medium issue, you might not have set it in your target.
by nickatwork
Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:41 am
Forum: Flare's General Discussion
Topic: Create a new condition and set it to Exclude by default
Replies: 2
Views: 1229

Create a new condition and set it to Exclude by default

Hi all,
My list of conditions and targets is starting to grow, and each time I add a new condition, I have to go through all my Targets, online ones especially and Exclude the new condition from them.

Is there anyway to create a new condition that is set to Exclude by default in all targets ...
by nickatwork
Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:09 am
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Heading with different top spacing based on page break
Replies: 1
Views: 969

Heading with different top spacing based on page break

Hi all,
I've noticed a pretty strange little thing in my PDF output and hoping someone might know a fix.

My H1, H2, and H3 levels have a different top spacing, whether its margin or padding I'm not sure, depending on whether I set the topic to break to the next page or not.
Now, I have set my H1 ...
by nickatwork
Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:26 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: WebHelp search returns wrong capitalization
Replies: 9
Views: 3697

Re: WebHelp search returns wrong capitalization

regular expression for this.

<title>.+</title>
by nickatwork
Fri Nov 04, 2011 2:24 am
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Word 2007 -- Summarizing target output problems?
Replies: 10
Views: 6076

Re: Word 2007 -- Summarizing target output problems?

Here you go...using this, don't set any images in Flare to be resized. Mine run about between 500px up to 900px in width. These fall off the page in Word, but this will find those large images, resize them, and then apply a border around all iamges that I have which are greater than 80px. There are ...
by nickatwork
Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:29 pm
Forum: Single-Sourcing
Topic: Including PDFs in webhelp outputs - best practice
Replies: 11
Views: 7836

Re: Including PDFs in webhelp outputs - best practice

The print option only works on the topic that is currently being viewed. Similar to the print you'd see if you did it from the browser, but it lets you tidy it up a little. There is no way to combine a group of topics and print on the fly that I know of.

350 is quite a lot. Just managing that ...
by nickatwork
Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:07 pm
Forum: Single-Sourcing
Topic: Including PDFs in webhelp outputs - best practice
Replies: 11
Views: 7836

Re: Including PDFs in webhelp outputs - best practice

How many PDFs are we talking here? As far as targets go, not sure. I have around 30 at the moment, similar to you, a lot of additional PDFs, and infact from those I get about 60 PDFs or more, one PDF per topic in a TOC - but thats another story.

You can build your PDFs to a location, link those ...
by nickatwork
Wed Nov 02, 2011 5:35 am
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Graphics not behaving consistently
Replies: 7
Views: 2606

Re: Graphics not behaving consistently

Have you set the img class in the PDF medium? If you haven't then it will use the settings in default. Are you using a specific size, or a percentage adjustment? It is also worth looking at the properties of each image to make sure it hasnt been set there as well. Right click on and image, go to ...
by nickatwork
Wed Nov 02, 2011 5:01 am
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Graphics not behaving consistently
Replies: 7
Views: 2606

Re: Graphics not behaving consistently

What medium are you using when you generate to PDF? you said you use non-print for webhelp, are you using 'print' for PDF by any chance? If so, check in that medium if the image sizes are different. Also, are you using more than one img class, or do you just have one? If its a stylesheet setting ...
by nickatwork
Wed Nov 02, 2011 4:37 am
Forum: Printed Documentation Targets
Topic: Graphics not behaving consistently
Replies: 7
Views: 2606

Re: Graphics not behaving consistently

Have you checked your stylesheet mediums to make sure its not being set somewhere else when building to PDF?

If you have, and its not that, can you post the code from the page.
by nickatwork
Wed Nov 02, 2011 1:35 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: WebHelp Search and boolean operators. Not working as expecte
Replies: 7
Views: 3250

Re: WebHelp Search and boolean operators. Not working as expecte

As long as I calrify that in our documentation it will be fine.
You mean your users actually read your documentation? :shock:

It is one of those very rare things, I know, but they do. It probably used just as much by the organisation as it is by our users. At least if they call, all we have to ...
by nickatwork
Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:54 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: WebHelp Search and boolean operators. Not working as expecte
Replies: 7
Views: 3250

Re: WebHelp Search and boolean operators. Not working as expecte

aaahhh, thats the catch. stop words inside quotes. Sneaky Flare. Very sneaky.

Thanks for the heads up David. As long as I calrify that in our documentation it will be fine.

Thanks,
by nickatwork
Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:26 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: WebHelp Search and boolean operators. Not working as expecte
Replies: 7
Views: 3250

Re: WebHelp Search and boolean operators. Not working as expecte

Thanks, but I've read over both of those before. I'm just confused as to why im not getting results back in the manner that I would expect, and in a lot of cases getting no results when I know there is a topic there that matches it.
by nickatwork
Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:16 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: WebHelp Search and boolean operators. Not working as expecte
Replies: 7
Views: 3250

WebHelp Search and boolean operators. Not working as expecte

Hi all,
We are releasing our online help in a few weeks and the Search doesnt appear to be working as I'd expect.
All topics have a heading, which the search seems to work with. As expected.

However, using the " " (quotes) and + (plus) dont seem to be returning results for topics that I know exist ...
by nickatwork
Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:59 am
Forum: Web-based Outputs
Topic: Dynamic font size, possible?
Replies: 3
Views: 1680

Re: Dynamic font size, possible?

Not quite what I'm after. You can do that without using % font sizes. But it increases everything on the page. Buttons, images etc. I just want to change the font size. This forum has a font size control top right under the search box. Something like that would work.