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Report · Nov 22, 2009

Thanks, that's good to know. But...how do I edit the variable?

Warren

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Report · Nov 22, 2009

What version of RoboHelp?

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Report · Nov 22, 2009

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Report · Nov 22, 2009

Hi again

You click View > Pods > User Defined Variables.

Then you click the variable and format as desired.

Cheers... Rick

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Report · Nov 22, 2009

When I do that, I get no options for actual formatting. I just want to make the text bold.

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Report · Nov 22, 2009

In the area on the right, where you type the value, you should be able to select the text and apply any formatting you desire. You may use either the formatting toolbar or the keyboard commands. For example, Alt+B should apply Bold.

Cheers... Rick

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Report · Nov 23, 2009

Rick,

That doesn't work for me, unfortunately. I don't ever get to edit it at all, it only brings up a Properties box for me to place text in.

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Report · Nov 23, 2009

Hi there

Can you please insert a screen capture of what you see in the editor? Maybe that will help.

If you choose to do this, please don't use the attach function below where you type your reply. Instead, use the Camera icon above where you type your reply so we see the image immediately.

Cheers... Rick

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Report · Nov 23, 2009

The site appears to be down; see if you can see these:

Warren- 221-3210

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Report · Nov 23, 2009

Hi there

Nope, sorry. Nothing there. I've seen sporadic reports from others saying that the camera icon functionality was broken for them since the forums software was upgraded a week or so ago. Fortunately, things work fine for me.

I guess perhaps I might just ask. Are you using RoboHelp for Word or RoboHelp HTML here? Do you see the dialog I displayed earlier?

Cheers... Rick

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Report · Nov 23, 2009

It's RoboHelp for HTML, but I don't see any way to edit the text as you show. I can do that for Snippets, but not for Variables.

Warren- 221-3210

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Report · Nov 23, 2009

Select the value in the Value for: pane, right click and select Font.

Good luck,

Leon

Report · Nov 23, 2009

I have no such pane.

Warren- 221-3210

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Report · Nov 23, 2009

Hi again

Earlier in the thread you implied you saw the pod. Is it perhaps that you see the pod but not the split? So all you are seeing is the list of variable names and not the actual values on the right? Perhaps all you need to do is drag the splitter to the left in order to view the other side of the pod.

Cheers... Rick

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Report · Nov 23, 2009

AH HA!

That was it! Thanks, sometimes it's the smallest stuff, isn't it? How odd that half of the window would be hidden like that.

If you celebrate it, Happy Thanksgiving!

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Report · Apr 27, 2010

There was a lot of discussion about user variables and how to modify them in this thread. However, the original question was never answered.

Is is possible to have snippets run inline with body text?

My specific question is how to include multiple user variables together in a single single-source item. User variables can, of course, be included in snippets. However, like the OP, I cannot get a snippet to exist inline with text in a topic. Insertion in to any body text breaks the text into html paragraphs or other <div> type elements (I believe the html terminology is a "block" element). I would like snippets to be able to act like <span> inline elements.

Nesting user variables in one another would seem to be the answer. However, though nested user variables can be created and edited, using them causes RoboHelp 8 to crash completely.

Given this, my conclusion is that user variables are inline elements with some formatting possibilities but cannot be nested and snippets are block elements that can contain user variables and other formatting. Completely missing is what I, and the OP, are really looking for.

The example I would give is for application major, minor, build, and revision version numbers. I would like to have each version number component as a simple user variable. Then using either nested user variables or user variables in snippets I would create full (maj.min.build.rev), short (maj.min.build), and very short version (maj.min) numbers that can be formatted as desired AND included inline. Changes then can truely be single source.

EDIT: Reading further in the forum, this seems to be a common issue and, in my mind, major missing functionality. I am a software developer and can say that given all of the auto- updating, formatting, and html rewriting that occurs "behind the scenes" that this should not be all that difficult to implement. I have recently tested other less sophisticated HATs that can do this with no problem.

Report · Apr 27, 2010

Hi,

Perhaps Conditional build tags can be of help. Set a conditional build tag to .rev. and one .build. Then define three different layouts, each excludes different tags. You can then have one build with the full version numbering, one short and one very short.

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Willam

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Report · Apr 28, 2010

The idea is to be able to different length version numbers within the same build. For instance, the title page would reference the complete version number (maj.min.build.rev) while the topic describing Windows registry entries would use a shorter version number (maj.min). The registry entries change only at the minor version level.

Report · Apr 28, 2010

Hi there

So color me totally confused. Why is this not a simple matter of just using four variables? ( maj min build rev )

Where you want only a pair, just use two of them. ( maj min )

I must be missing something quite obvious here... Rick

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