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July 20, 2019
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Importing Table Styles in Robohelp 2019

  • July 20, 2019
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Hi,

I am importing content from FrameMaker 2019 to Robohelp 2019.   The content is in tables with the first column shaded in dark grey backgaround and the second column in white.  The content is imported almost neatly, similar to my FrameMaker document.  However, in the ouput, the tables do not display, and the text in them is scattered.   Especialy, in webhelp and responsive HTML.  Please help!

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Matt-Tech Comm Tools
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 25, 2019

Can you post a snip of the resulting code? (may need to be a screenshot...)

-Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
Participating Frequently
July 26, 2019

Hi Matt,

Thanks for you reply.  I've attached the source code.  If you are looking for something else, please direct me on how to get you what you want.

Matt-Tech Comm Tools
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 26, 2019

Yep, that's what I expected to see...

Note that your p elements are formatted with class=FM_TagName, where TagName is the FrameMaker paragraph style.

Use the Style Mapping in the Publish settings to map Fm styles to things in your CSS (and create new styles if the existing ones don't suffice)

Also, map your Table style to a CSS style, or create a new style in the CSS to map to.

This should solve your problem.

-Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
Jeff_Coatsworth
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 25, 2019

You doing this import in RH2019 Classic or with the new style version? I'd be inclined to have a look at the resulting HTML code in your RH topic and then see how it appears in your output's HTML. That might give you some clues as to where it's going sideways.

Participating Frequently
July 26, 2019

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for your reply.  I'm using the new Robohelp version.  I've attached a screenshot of the source code from the webpage. Is this what you are looking for ?

Jeff_Coatsworth
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 26, 2019

That appears to be the output from your browser - what's it look like in the RH project's topic?

Peter Grainge
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 25, 2019

Thread moved to FrameMaker Integration.


See www.grainge.org for free RoboHelp and Authoring information.

@petergrainge

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