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Has anyone noticed the following about RoboHelp 2000's HTML editor
(which I believe is Front Page Express):
If I create a numbered list in another app, such as Front Page or
Netscape Composer, that looks like this:
1. Click Format > Paragraphs > Designer.
The Paragraph Designer will appear.
2. Click Commands > New Format.
3. Type a new format name.
4. Click Create.
5. Click Update All.
When I import this into RoboHelp's HTML editor, or even just copy/paste,
the formatting gets screwed up and it looks like this:
1. Click Format > Paragraphs > Designer.
The Paragraph Designer will appear.
2. Click Commands > New Format.
3. Type a new format name.
4. Click Create.
5. Click Update All.
By looking at the source code, it's easy to see what's happening.
RoboHelp inserts a bunch of unnecessary paragraph tags that were not in
the original file. I can clean up a lot of this manually (though not all
of it), but
it's a pain.
