Is paragraph alignment possible in RH 6 HTML?

Report · May 28, 2009

Hi all,

Most of the topics I've created include text boxes, tables, and screen shots - all of which I can set the size for best viewing. But so far I haven't been able to find a way to control the paragraph text so that it doesn't stretch beyond the boxes, tables, and images when accessing the help pages without the content pane (TOC) open or having to minimize the page size. I've tried using the margin ruler, the paragraph alignment, and the page setup function, but nothing seems to do the trick. What I'm aiming for is nicely alignment topic when opened as a single help page or as part of a manual w/TOC.

I'd appreciate your input. Thanks!

Report · May 28, 2009

Hi there

You are probably looking for something RoboHelp doesn't help you with easily.

If you hand edit the HTML code, you can insert a DIV on the page to make it adhere to a specific width.

Basically the HTML *MAY* look something like this:

This may make the editor look a bit odd as things are now inside a dotted rectangle frame. But it should work.

Cheers... Rick

Report · May 29, 2009

Thanks, Rick! I tried what you suggested and I got the rectangle frame, but not the specified width. Then I tried just adding the "<div id=body>", saved it, clicked on the dotted frame, resized it, and the code came back with the body width which I could then edit. This was SO helpful!!

<div id=body

style=

"width: 708px; height: 124px;"

>

Report · May 29, 2009

Note that you can set a width directly on paragraph styles. For example:

p.Normal {

width: 90%;

}

or:

p.Normal {

width: 708px;

}

I may not understand the problem or solution exactly, but I think this would allow you to set a width without adding an extra div to control width.

Report · May 29, 2009

Sweet!

Thanks Ben!