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table of contents font is incorrect in printed documentation

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July 26, 2022
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I compiled the Printed Documentation in my RH project this morning, but the font in the Table of Contents came up as a Times Roman-type of font, rather than Arial, which is specified in the .css file. I am using RH 2017.

I tried re-starting my computer, but that accomplished nothing. Any ideas? I have to load this to Production tomorrow.

Thank you!

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Peter Grainge

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Can you share the project? If you can, then see the Contact page on my site and send the project as instructed there. Do make sure you include a link to this thread and please do not email the project direct.

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Amebr

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Okay so you've checked in your stylesheet that the body tag and the Normal style have the correct font selected.

One more thought. Check the font for the Hyperlink style.

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Amebr

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And the Normal style also displays the font you selected? And you don't use a Word template (.dot, or dotx) in the Output SSL dialog box?

I'm about out of ideas, if so.

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LonTheWriterAuthor

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Yes, the Normal style is satisfactorily in use throughout the document; only the ToC is affected.

No, no templates; only the .css file.

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Amebr

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The p tag is the "Normal" style in the stylesheet (under Paragraphs). You'll find the body tag in your stylesheet listed under Other > Background + Text (BODY). (I normally set my most used font here, and then set exceptions for the relevant style such as headings.)

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LonTheWriterAuthor

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Again, I thank you for your suggestion, but something is still amiss. I went to the .css file, to Other . Background + Text (BODY) and selected Calibri, 11 point, but the ToC is still producing Times Roman.

Anything else?

Peter Grainge

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@Amebr Goodness knows what I was thinking.

@LonTheWriter Amber is pointing you the right way.

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Amebr

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While I'm not Peter, I think he misread that you were having a problem with content in a table, rather than the table of contents. 🙂

In the last step of the generate dialog box do you normally select a Word template or a css file? If you normally choose a word template, perhaps the TOC1-9 styles have been accidentally updated to use Times New Roman. If you normally choose a css file, it should take the font from the body, or from the p tag if that's set separately, so you could check that both of them are set as you expect.

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LonTheWriterAuthor

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Hi, Ameber!

Thanks for responding ... I just generated a project I haven't worked on in months, and it also came up with the wrong font (Times Roman, when I specified Calibri).

I do use a .css file, but I'm not clear on what a "p tag" is ... where would I find that?

Peter Grainge

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This sounds like a problem I faced about ten years back! Create a backup of your project in case this is not the answer.

Create a style in RoboHelp and call it anything but tabletext, tabletext_rh would be OK. Create the same style in your Word template. Style both as required and map accordingly.

See if that works and let us know.

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Obviously apply that style to the table contents.

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LonTheWriterAuthor

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Due to a number of projects requiring my attention, I had to put this on hold for a while, although I have been working on it intermittently. I did try your suggestion, Peter, but I may not have fully understood the procedures. I formatted my Word template, created a new style in the css file ... as far as "mapping" goes, I'm not clear on that; how do I map one to the other?

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