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dscitechwriter
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September 13, 2011
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Tables RoboHelp HTML v9

  • September 13, 2011
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I didn't find this topic on a quick search. So if I'm duplicating here, please point me to another post that may have the answer.

Recently, I've switched/upgraded from Robo 7 to Robo 9. I had a special table format set up in Robo 7 so that I could access in through the Insert Table function. I had created a .html file and placed it into the Robo Gallery subdirectory. All worked fine this way in 7.

However, when I tried to move this file into the Robo 9 Gallery subdirectory, Robo is not seeing my format.

Any pointers, comments, help? Can this still be done?

Thanks,

Donna

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Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 13, 2011

In RoboHelp 7 tables were created using inline styles. Things changed in RoboHelp 8 when CSS driven tables were introduced. You can use one of the supplied styles, you can edit one of them to create your own style or you can create a new one. There is some more information about this in the RoboHelp Tour on my site.

Once you have a style set up, you can change your existing inline tables to CSS driven tables. Right click in a table and select Table Styles. You will then get a dialog enabling you to pick a table. Tick the box to clear the old inline styling. Note that you will need to reapply any table / column widths. They will look good in the Design Editor but not in a browser.

I suggest you make a copy of the project and play around with that until you have got things working as you want.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

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dscitechwriterAuthor
Inspiring
September 13, 2011

Ok, I'll try that!! Thanks.

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dscitechwriterAuthor
Inspiring
September 13, 2011

I looked into this this afternoon. It appears that I can modify the list of built-in Robo table styles if I modify the .css.

But is there a way I can just create my own table style as before? (If not, I'll either modify one of the built-in styles or use a work around; but I'd prefer creating a specific corporate style with a specific corporate name.)

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