Re: Getting nicely formatted lists in RoboHelp HTML (FlashHelp) output

[Deborah Hemstreet <dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com>]

Hi Ed,

I've found my problem - everything looks great in IE7, but not in Firefox.

Do you have any idea what code I need to add to my styesheet or 
template, so that the indents are handled well in FireFox as well?

Thanks

Deborah

Ed wrote:
>
> Ah, all the hard work is done! What you need to do now is define 
> "step2manual" in your stylesheet, as a class:
>
>  
>
> .p-Step2Manual, Step2Manual {
>
> Margin-left:24px;
>
> /* insert the rest of the style information here, always end style 
> declarations with a semi-colon */
>
> }
>
>  
>
> Having both styles separated by a comma means they both can use the 
> style definition.
>
>  
>
> If you can control the HTML, make sure you place quotes around the 
> class names, i.e. <li class="p-Step2Manual">.
>
> -=Ed.
>
>  
>
> *From:* Deborah Hemstreet [mailto:dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2009 3:45 PM
> *To:* Ed
> *Cc:* 'TECHWR-L'
> *Subject:* Re: Getting nicely formatted lists in RoboHelp HTML 
> (FlashHelp) output
>
>  
>
> Thanks Ed,
>
> I'm playing with this and here is my problem:
>
> I have an imported style which is coming out correctly:
>
> <li class=p-Step2Manual><p class=Step2Manual style="margin-left: 24px;">
>
> I'm just not sure how to get this into the Style Sheet...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Deborah
>
>
>
>
>
> Ed wrote:
>
> Hi Deborah-
>  
> Technically, you're doing the same things as you did with Word styles.
>  
> Can you create additional styles in your HTML and Stylesheets? If so, then
> you simply assign the style to a CSS class (such as .substep). You can then
> define the .substep style in the CSS file, such as:
>  
> .substep {
> List-style-type: lower-alpha;
> Margin-left: 12px;
> Margin-bottom:6px;
> }
>  
> You could take it further, and assign the class to a regular HTML tag, such
> as <li class="substep">. That way, you restrict it only to list items with a
> class of substep. In this instance, you can set the stylesheet to
> li.substep. One step further, you could restrict the substep to only
> numbered lists: ol li.substep, or bulleted lists: ul li.substep. 
>  
> There's more about list-style-type here:
> http://www.w3schools.com/CSS/pr_list-style-type.asp
>  
> as well as: 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/generate.html#list-style
>  
> Hope this helps!
> -=Ed.
>  
>   
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>     Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:19 PM
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>     Subject: Getting nicely formatted lists in RoboHelp HTML (FlashHelp)
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> output
>   
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>     Hi All.
>
>      
>
>     I had asked before, but did not get an answer, apparently because the
>
>     formatting was stripped from the email, so I will try one more time?
>
>      
>
>     I need to get nicely formatted lists in HTML help. In typical technical
>
>     communication, we have steps substeps, and possibly bulleted lists
>
>     nested underneath, or one line of unbulleted text.
>
>      
>
>     I know how to do this using styles in MS Word - but am now working in
>
>     native HTML in RoboHelp (V7).
>
>      
>
>     I have played with the stylesheet and cannot seem to find what it is I
>
>     need to do for the following:
>
>      
>
>     1. Get the substeps (a, b, c,) etc indented UNDER the first level number
>
>     (nested).
>
>      
>
>     2. Get the indents aligned neatly under the numbering
>
>      
>
>     3. Same for bullets etc.
>
>      
>
>     Thanks in advance for any help you can give. I have searched and
>
>     searched, and don't seem to know the correct search term to find what I
>
>     need.
>
>      
>
>     Deborah
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