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

Subject: Re: Getting nicely formatted lists in RoboHelp HTML (FlashHelp) output
From: Deborah Hemstreet <dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com>
To: Ed <hamonwry12 -at- hotmail -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:45:02 -0400

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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>>
> output
>
>> 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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