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Diech
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December 14, 2011
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Robohelp html 7 to 9 upgrade issues

  • December 14, 2011
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I've just upgraded 23 help systems from Robohelp 7 to 9.0.1.262.

Just to state up front:

My paragrah text is Arial size 10.

When the origianl help topics were written, the writers did not assign a special style to numbered steps and text in tables. They just used the "Normal" style paragraph text in tables, and when they wanted a numbered list, they applied the numbering manually.

There are specific styles for heading 1, 2, 3.

With that said, since the upgrade, I'm seeing weird formatting:

  • Heading 1 in Times New Roman
  • Bolded text in paragraphs that looks like extra heavy bolding.
  • The spacing above and below text in tables is 14 pt. It didn't have that spacing before.
  • For numbered lists, the actual number is Times New Roman, but the text is Arial.

Are these problems caused by going from html to xhtml? Does this mean that I need to make changes in the css file? Or, do I need to create specific styles for numbered lists and tables? I'm not a "super user." I've never tweeked Robohelp before.

I hope someome can help me as soon as possible?

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Diech
DiechAuthor
Known Participant
December 16, 2011

Hi Rick:

Thank you for your response. I used the "down-and-dirty" solution: select the Convert RoboHelp-edited topics to HTML option. It solved the extra spacing in the tables, which is great! I still have the font issue in some of the topics. That makes me think that the problem is not in the css file? It must be in the coding in the individual topic? Should I just look at the code in a topic that displays correctly and compare it to the code in a topic that's displaying incorrectly? Does this have anything to do with the uppercase P verses the lowercase p?

Thanks!

Diech


Peter Grainge
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 17, 2011

Yes. Change the case so that it is consistent.


See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

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