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MAM_writer
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September 6, 2013
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Wh can't I map Robohelp styles involving bullets to styles in my Word template?

  • September 6, 2013
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I have a style called Bullet in Robohelp, which is defined as a bulleted list style, and looks

  • like this

in robohelp.

I have a style called Bullet in the Word template I want to use to generate output, which is also defined as a bulleted list style.

When I get to the Print Document Appearance screen adn select the Word template, I see 'Unassigned - use style in project' against the Robohelp Bullet style entry. When I open up the list of styles available in the Word template the Bullet style is not included in the list.

This is costing me much time - every time I generate a document that uses the Bullet style I have to go into the Word document and apply the Bullet style to each relevant paragraph (and remove the spaces between the bullet and the text, but that's a problem for a different day).

What do I need to do to get the mapping working properly?

Thanks in advance!

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    Adobe Beth
    Inspiring
    October 8, 2013

    I am having a similar issue in mapping styles. I make sure to set the bullet style in Word as a multi-level list, and also set up in Robihelp, but when I generate pronted documentation, the bullet style assigned is normal. Have you resolved your situation?

    Thank you

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    MAM_writerAuthor
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    October 9, 2013

    Hi Beth,

    Peter Grainge had some useful information and instructions on what to do to get bullets working. But, like you, once I'd got the necessary multi-level styles set up in RoboHelp and mapped to styles in Word.....the bullet styles still went to Normal. it seems like a bug in Robohelp (and frankly, given the way they've over-complicated what should be a simple mapping issue, I'm not surprised. Time Word split out the functionality used to handle bullets from that used to handle numbered lists.)

    Sorry I can't be more helpful, but I've gone back to post-generation formatting of my bullet lists.

    Best regards,

    MAM

    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    October 9, 2013

    I did offer to take a look and I can't see that you sent me anything.

    See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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    MAM_writerAuthor
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    September 9, 2013

    Peter - Thank you for your helpful reply. It has set me off on the right track, but I'm still having problems. I've set up a multi-level list in Word and a corresponding one in Robohelp, and mapped the two for printed output.

    But - the resulting bullets still lose all their formatting, except the bullet, in Word.

    I've mapped the Level 1 style in Robohelp to a Robohelp paragraph style called 'BulletList', and I've applied the BulletList style to the paragraphs I want to be bulleted. Which I thought would be enough to ensure that those paragraphs mapped to the Level 1 style of the multi-level list I'd set up in Word. But they get assigned the style Normal.....

    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 9, 2013

    Create a new single topic project and try with that using the same CSS and Word template. If it still fails, 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.

    See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    September 7, 2013

    You can only map multi-level lists. No reasons you cannot create a multi-level list and only use one level, that doesn't stop it technically being a multi-level list capable of being mapped to Word.

    Take a look in the Employee Care sample project.

    See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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