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Anonymous
January 8, 2008
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Importing Tables?

  • January 8, 2008
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I am attempting to single source Webhelp from Frame 6 with RH 8. Mapping styles is not too great of a problem, but is there anything I can do about tables? Are there import settings I can adjust so that all of my tables correspond to my required color scheme/screen size?

Thanks for any help.
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lcolby7867542
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January 28, 2008
One idea (and this doesn't address all the table issues) is to have two books - one for "print" (or for example pdf generation from FM) and another for online (help generation from RH). Then have a fm doc with all your print table styles, and an online fm doc with online table styles, import the table styles from the appropriate template into the book files when generating either RH or PDF. So, for a very simple case, I had tables that held captions and anchored frame screenshots. In the pdf doc, I wanted the captions on the bottom and the screenshot above it, with specific indents for each. For online, I wanted the captions on the top and different indents, since I could control the caption css in RH (by style mapping), but couldn't control the table alignment or layout. So I created a table style that approximated as closely as possible what needed to appear in the online help. The two books had the same core files, but the pdf book had additional files, such as title page, glossary, and so on that the online one didn't have (I could have used conditional text but this was easier.)

These were simple one-column tables, but at least I didn't need to use conditional text for each or have two versions of the same doc. I also would like more control via css for tables in the FM to RH conversion.

hth,
Linda
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octechwriter
Known Participant
January 25, 2008
I would also like to have control over the appearance of tables though CSS. In Frame we use tables for notes within the text of our documents. I'd like some way to be able to control the color and position of those note tables, but also be able to assign different properties to other types of tables.
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JainVivek
Inspiring
January 9, 2008
For tables, you may want to try this route - (a) Apply a FrameMaker template to change the table styles (b) Update the content in RoboHelp. RoboHelp will update the content based on table styles in FrameMaker. This is obviously not the ideal solution since it adds 1 more step in the process.
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Anonymous
January 9, 2008
Perhaps I'm not defining my tables correctly in Framemaker, but they look drastically different when imported into Robohelp. I'd also like to avoid maintaining two separate Framemaker documents.

The Webhelp version should also differ from the Framemaker template in its design scheme. Optimally, I could map tables into CSS as well. Since I use multiple table types, this has proven difficult.

To give a specific problem, all of my tables are far too narrow (they are intended for a large LCD screen). Is there a way to adjust this on import?
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JainVivek
Inspiring
January 14, 2008
Changing table size during FrameMaker import is not currently supported in RoboHelp 7.

RoboHelp 7 should have the same style for the tables as defined in FrameMaker. If you find any issues, do send me a sample file (vivekj at adobe dot com).

There are two ways to handle the size of the table issue - (a) define two tables in FrameMaker (use conditional text for Online Help and Print), (b) Define a table format in another FrameMaker document (say, B) and import formats from this document B just prior to importing the content in RoboHelp (otherwise keep working in the original FrameMaker document A).

A third possible option is to use Find and Replace to adjust table size in RoboHelp after the import (this is possible error prone and avoidable).
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