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Prevent inline styles when importing from FrameMaker

Jul 11, 2012 8:57 AM

Tags: #css #framemaker #framemaker_10 #importing #inline_styles

I'm using Adobe Technical Communication Suite 3.5 (FrameMaker 10, RoboHelp 9).

 

I'm importing FrameMaker books into RoboHelp HTML (via File > New > Project > Import). Unfortunately, the tables in the book end up as HTML tables that use a lot of inline styles (style attributes on individual elements), which I'm finding difficult to override with CSS.

 

Is it possible to import FrameMaker books so that inline styles are never used?

809 Views   11 Replies   Latest reply: Jeff_Coatsworth, Jul 12, 2012 7:20 AM
 
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  • mattrsullivan
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    1. mattrsullivan,
    Jul 11, 2012 9:00 AM   in reply to AndrewMcFarlandCampbell
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    Have you mapped your FM table style to a style in RH (a css style)?

     

    -Matt

    @mattrsullivan

     
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  • Jeff_Coatsworth
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    2. Jeff_Coatsworth,
    Jul 11, 2012 9:02 AM   in reply to AndrewMcFarlandCampbell
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    As Matt says, what are your Conversion Settings like?

     
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  • AndrewMcFarlandCampbell
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    3. AndrewMcFarlandCampbell,
    Jul 12, 2012 1:40 AM   in reply to mattrsullivan
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    I've mapped the table to a CSS style of "mytable". I get the following HTML.

     

    <table class="mystyle" cellspacing="0" width="454">

    <tr style="height: 19.50pt;">

      <td style="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 6.00pt; padding-top: 3.00pt;

        padding-right: 6.00pt; padding-bottom: 3.00pt;" width="101"><p

        class="FM_TableHeading">Col1</p></td>

      <td style="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 6.00pt; padding-top: 3.00pt;

        padding-right: 6.00pt; padding-bottom: 3.00pt;" width="101"><p

        class="FM_TableHeading">Col2</p></td>

     

    etc.

     

    I want to get rid of the style attributes on the tr and td elements as well as the table element.

     

    If I leave the table mapping as [source] I get a lot more inline styles.

     

    <table style="padding-left: 6.00pt; padding-top: 7.50pt; padding-right: 3.00pt;

       padding-bottom: 3.50pt; margin-left: 34.02pt;" cellspacing="0"

       width="454">

    <tr style="height: 19.50pt;" bgcolor="#D9D9D9">

      <th style="border-bottom: solid 1px #ffffff; vertical-align: top;

        padding-left: 6.00pt; padding-top: 3.00pt; padding-right: 6.00pt;

        padding-bottom: 3.00pt;" bgcolor="#D9D9D9" width="101"><p

        class="FM_TableHeading">Col1</p></th>

      <th style="border-bottom: solid 1px #ffffff; vertical-align: top;

        padding-left: 6.00pt; padding-top: 3.00pt; padding-right: 6.00pt;

        padding-bottom: 3.00pt;" bgcolor="#D9D9D9" width="101"><p

        class="FM_TableHeading">Col2</p></th>

     
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    4. mattrsullivan,
    Jul 12, 2012 6:28 AM   in reply to AndrewMcFarlandCampbell
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    OK, so we're on the right track...

     

    Try setting your Customize Cell Borders and Shading back to From Table

     
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  • AndrewMcFarlandCampbell
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    5. AndrewMcFarlandCampbell,
    Jul 12, 2012 6:37 AM   in reply to mattrsullivan
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    Where do I set that?

     
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  • mattrsullivan
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    6. mattrsullivan,
    Jul 12, 2012 6:41 AM   in reply to AndrewMcFarlandCampbell
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    Select your entire table in FM, Choose Table > Format > Custom Cell Borders and Shading (or Fill...)

     

    Make sure the checkboxes are all selected, and that any choices for From Table are selected, then hit Apply

     

    Then update your RH project

     
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  • AndrewMcFarlandCampbell
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    7. AndrewMcFarlandCampbell,
    Jul 12, 2012 6:44 AM   in reply to mattrsullivan
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    Is there a way of doing it without updating each table in FrameMaker? I have several hundred tables across eight languages to import.

     
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  • mattrsullivan
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    8. mattrsullivan,
    Jul 12, 2012 6:46 AM   in reply to AndrewMcFarlandCampbell
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    One step at a time…I don't know yet that this is your problem…

     
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    9. AndrewMcFarlandCampbell,
    Jul 12, 2012 6:54 AM   in reply to mattrsullivan
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    OK, I selected the table, then Table > Format > Custom Ruling and Shading... All Checkboxes were select, all dropdowns set to From Table. I clicked Apply.

     

    Then I imported the FrameMaker book into RoboHelp as described in the first post. I'm still getting inline styles on the tr and td elements.

     
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  • mattrsullivan
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    10. mattrsullivan,
    Jul 12, 2012 7:00 AM   in reply to AndrewMcFarlandCampbell
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    Sorry to hear…wish I could help more, but will be offline til next week.

     

    -Matt

     
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  • Jeff_Coatsworth
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    11. Jeff_Coatsworth,
    Jul 12, 2012 7:20 AM   in reply to AndrewMcFarlandCampbell
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    Try giving Adobe Support a call - they might have some suggestions. I've never really looked at how my tables have come across in my TCS 3 imported projects with respect to the css/html. They looked fine when I imported them & haven't had any reason to change them in RH (yet).

     
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