Mapping multi-level lists in RH10 to Word 2007

[thekofler]

I am mapping the Robohelp 10 multi-level list Bullets to a multi-level list in Word 2007.

I have correctly linked the lists in both Robohelp and Word to paragraph styles. The template I am using in Word has all the paragrpah and list styles created correctly.

When I generate the printed documentation, the mutil-level lists in Word have the Normal style applied, instead of the syle I specifed in the mapping.

Other mappings are all ok and have the correct style applied.

I know there are many issues with multi-levels lists in Robohelp.

I just want to know if this known buggy behaviour, or if there is a way to have the styles map correctly?

Thanks Mark

[Peter Grainge]

I have correctly linked the lists in both Robohelp and Word to paragraph styles.

That is not correct. You have to map to MultiLevel List Styles in Word. The process is described in the Employee Care sample project. Click Open on the RoboHelp Starter page and then click Samples in the ribbon on the left.

---

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

[thekofler]

Thanks for your reply Peter. To clarify, this is what I am doing:

• In RoboHelp I have applied the BasicNumber Multilevel style to a list.
• The first level of the list has the paragraph style ListNumber applied to it. The second level list has the paragraph style ListAlpha applied to it.
• The level 1 BasicNumber Multilevel style is linked to the paragraph style ListNumber.
• The level 2 BasicNumber Multilevel style is linked to the paragraph style ListAlpha.
• In the the mapping for the printed documentation, I have mapped the BasicNumber style to a mutilevel list I have created in Word.
• The level 1 Word multilevel list is linked to the paragraph style ListNumber.
• The level 2 Word multilevel list is linked to the paragraph style ListAlpha.
• The ListNumber style in RoboHelp is mapped to the ListNumber style in Word.
• The ListAlpha style in RoboHelp is mapped to the ListAlpha style in Word.

When I generate the document, the numbering for the list is correct, however all the paragraphs in the list have the Normal style applied, instead of ListNumber and List Alpha.

Can you calrify If I am doing anything wrong here or need to do some additional steps?

Many thanks in advance.

[Peter Grainge]

In the Style Editor pod, do the List Number and List Alpha styles appear when you select List Styles in the dropdown?

Am I right in thinking that in Word the lists look correct and the only issue is the naming of the style?

---

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

[thekofler]

Peter sorry for the delay in replying.

The List Number and List Alpha styles do not appear in the List Styles dropdown. Should these styles be created as List styles? I don't believe you can map a List style in RoboHelp to a Multilevel list style in Word.

Yes you are correct,  the Word the lists look correct and the issue is the style that is applied in Word is Normal, rather than the style that I have mapped.

I have tried many combinations of this process with different projects, Word templates etc with the same result. I belive this is a bug and is related to another bug I have found when using Muitilevel List Styles in printed documentation, which I will post shortly.

Mark

[Peter Grainge]

OK so your List styles are not really list styles, they are paragraph styles with List in the name.

Without doing some testing I am thinking this is "as designed" as RoboHelp is throwing its multilevel list to a multilevel list in Word. On the RoboHelp side that list is being created using a multilevel list style, the paragraph styles are copied into that rather than being being formatted with those stylenames being kept.  You get the appearance of the multilevel list definition which has the same details as the paragraph styles but that is not the same as applying them and passing them through to Word.

If you create a multilevel list in Word I think you will find each item will show as Normal.

Hope that is clear enough to get the idea.

---

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge