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Hello. We are just converting from RH X5, which I've been happily using since about 2004, to RH8. One of the obvious problems that immediately arose is that in the compiled output, tails of descender letters like p, q, g, j, and y are getting cut off. I don't see this either when editing or when I view the pages in Preview using the eyeglass icon, only in the compiled output. I would appreciate it if anyone has a solution to this problem. Thanks.
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CHMs or WebHelp? If the latter, have you tried in more than one browser?
Also, with a copy of the project, try a different CSS.
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Thank you for your reply. I probably was not sufficiently clear in my original question. Under RH5, we were compiling some projects as .CHMs and others as WebHelp. I always use the same style sheet that I developed for all our help. The output in RH5 looked identical no matter which format we compiled to.
Would I be best off creating a new CSS in RH8 that keeps the formatting I want? Thank you.
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I edited your post to apply numbers to make answering easier now that you have added more issues.
Because of 6 above, I suggest you create a copy of your project and then clean up the existing CSS. When you have done that, see where you are with the other issues. Also look inside your topics for signs of inline styling and any embedded CSS.
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Thank you, Peter. It will take a little while to try all of these suggestions, but I'll let you know
in a day or two where things stand.
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Yes it will take some time.
Come back when you are ready.
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Well, I just checked the Convert RH Topics to HTML option and it appears to have corrected every one of these six issues in IE8 (and our company's policy is only to support IE). I have a few other questions that I'll post tomorrow, but this is a very good start. Thank you, Peter!
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Basically it means your code is not XHTML compliant but if that workaround is good for you...
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I understand. I'll have to look at your point 25 when I have a bit more time, but for now the immediate problem appears to be resolved.