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SuzieC2014
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January 29, 2014
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Javahelp - how to get styles to work properly

  • January 29, 2014
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Hello all,

Does anyone here generate Javahelp 1.1.3? I'm quite familiar with creating Webhelp and epub using Robohelp. However, we have some javahelp projects i need to upgrade and the style mapping just seems random when displayed in the Javahelp viewer (ie, mix of serif and sans serif fonts, even though my CSS has only sans serif fonts, fonts really tiny, etc).

Webworks created Javahelp beautifully but it would be good to use one product for our conversions.

Any tips on how to get my stylesheet to work for producing Javahelp?

Thanks.

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Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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January 30, 2014

JavaHelp has always had issues with formatting. What I know about it is on my site and there you will see the MadCap decided not to even offer this format.

Typically Java developers say they must have JavaHelp when in reality WebHelp would work for them. It's not always the case but it is worth asking.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

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SuzieC2014Author
Inspiring
January 30, 2014

Thanks Peter. Unfortunately, this is a project that's existed for many years in this format and changing the format is not an option. I did manage to create a Webhelp sample with no problem. I was just hoping that Robohelp could do a decent job with the Javahelp, at least equivalent with what we were able to do with Webworks  for many years. Thanks for the reply.

Captiv8r
Captiv8r
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January 30, 2014

Hi there

As you say that WebWorks did it beautifully, it would seem to imply that their CSS was solid. I might ask if you tried applying the WebWorks CSS to your RoboHelp output? Maybe that would be all you need. If not, one might assume it would be a fairly straightforward matter of simply identifying where the font doesn't look quite as desired and tweaking until you sort it.

Cheers... Rick

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