Truncated file names after Word import

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Truncated file names after Word import

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Hi. I'm seeing some odd behavior when importing a batch of Word files in Flare 2019 R2. I've the "Automatically Set Topic Title" option selected that - if I'm not mistaken - uses the first header style in the Word file for the topic title. Correct me if I'm wrong please.

Our Word files have a prefix on the first header style of the product name. This happens to be quite long in some instances, so the first header is something like:
  • Our Extremely Long Product Name: Getting Started Guide
  • Our Extremely Long Product Name: Configuring Our Extremely Long Product Name
  • etc. etc.
When the files are imported into Flare, the file names appear as:
  • Our Extremely Long Product Name_1.htm
  • Our Extremely Long Product Name_2.htm
  • etc. etc.
Is there a way to avoid Flare truncating the topic files in this way?
Last edited by Colum on Fri Oct 25, 2019 3:31 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Truncated file names after Word import

Post by ChoccieMuffin »

On the Advanced Options tab of the import edit the value in Approximate file length - that should do the trick.
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Re: Truncated file names after Word import

Post by Colum »

Thanks ChoccieMuffin. I'll try that, but if that's the case the Flare help is misleading. I hadn't considered that option because it says:
Approximate filename length Enter the maximum number of characters to use for naming new topic files that are automatically created after splitting a long topic. The default is 24.
So if it also works when you're not splitting long topics, the help is incorrect.
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Re: Truncated file names after Word import

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That did the trick, so the help is misleading. The Approximate File Length option works regardless of whether import files are being split. Many thanks. That should save having to rename 1000 topic files :-)
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