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

["Ed" <hamonwry12 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

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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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
 
http://www.tech-challenged.com
 
 
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