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Douglas_Campbell
Douglas_Campbell
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March 16, 2012
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Left Justify Wrapping Text Lines in Lists

  • March 16, 2012
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I'm using RH9 on Windows XP, fully patched.

I'm having a problem finalizing a few tweaks with the formatting of lists imported from FM.It took me a while to get the lists from the FM source book to import correctly, but now I have it pretty clean, with the exception of when text in the lists wraps.

Currently, if there is a second line that wraps, it justifies with the list element (number, letter, bulelt, etc.) on the left. However, I would like it to justify itself on the left with the first sentence.

I've managed to fix this easily while authoring natively in RH by adjusting the multilevel list styles. But I'm unclear about how to do this with the style mapping from FM>RH.

I'm mapping the original FM style to a RH paragraph style and indicating in the mapping properties to "Convert Autonumber to RoboHelp List." I see the option to edit the list properties in the RH paragraph style I map to, but it doesn't go as deep in terms of options as the multilevel list style edit dialogue. I know you can associate the paragraph style with a multilevel list, but it was such a nightmare to get this working as it is, I'm remiss to do anything without some direction.

Thanks in advance,

Douglas

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Correct answer Douglas_Campbell

Jumped the gun and should have followed my instincts with linking the paragraph style to a multilevel list style. This works.

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Anonymous
April 5, 2012

Hi, how do you link a paragraph style to a multilevel list style in RH9?  The only options I am seeing are [Source] and Normal.  Are you using RH8?

Please explain what you mean by "I'm mapping the original FM style to a RH paragraph style and indicating in the mapping properties to "Convert Autonumber to RoboHelp List." I see the option to edit the list properties in the RH paragraph style I map to."

Thanks

Jeff_Coatsworth
Community Expert
Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 5, 2012

It's below that section - there's a place to tell RH what to do with FM lists - I seem to remember (I don't have RH open right now) that you have 3 options - convert as text, convert to RH list, convert to html list.

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Anonymous
April 6, 2012

Map the FM style to the RH paragraph style that you create. Then create a multilevel list style. Go to the editing properties for this multilevel list and find Style/Paragraph Style in the dialogue box. Choose the new paragraph style you have created. The paragraph style is now associated with the multilevel list. In the Formatting area of the same dialogue box you can adjust indentation and space using the buttons for it.


Thanks for the feedback!  Matt's post is here:  http://blog.roundpeg.com/blog/controlling-robohelp-output-with-a-framemaker-template. This isn't resolved yet but thought I would add the link for reference.

Douglas_Campbell
Douglas_CampbellAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
March 16, 2012

Jumped the gun and should have followed my instincts with linking the paragraph style to a multilevel list style. This works.

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