converting Character Styles

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December 12, 2011
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In my FrameMaker files, I have several graphics that contain callouts, and I have assigned a Character Style to the callouts. When I created RoboHelp files from the FrameMaker files, the callouts are visible in the graphics but they did not retain the Character Style I created in FM (the callouts appear as plain text in RH). I can edit the Character Style in the RH style sheet, but the appearance of the callouts do not change. I also noticed that in RH, the callouts appear to be embedded in the graphic and therefore I am unable to select them as text. Is there a setting I need to apply when I link the FM files to RH so the callouts are not embedded in the graphics, so that I can apply a character style?

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RoboAsh

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HI Esscwriter,

Which version of RoboHelp and FrameMaker are you using, are these softwares installed through Technical suite or as seprate points products.

It is by design that any text written as callout inside anchored frame is converted as image and styles changes in RoboHelp will not reflect on these callout, but char styles work well on callouts on images usually.

Ashish

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Anonymous

Thanks for the info! I am using Technical Communications Suite version 3.5. The callouts are actually numbers that reference a table. I did discover that using the photo editing tool in RH, I can highlight the callouts to make them stand out more - I just have to do each one individually.

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RoboAsh

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Ideally the character styles should have worked from FrameMaker, can you please confirm two more things .

1. Are you using distiller to convert images (see conversion settings dialog) - try using the non distiller path (uncheck this check box)

2. are you using a variable in FrameMaker in these callouts with Emphasis applied on it (if not then what char style are your using?) - try applying a char style directly to the values rather than through definition.

Ashish