Formatting lost when viewing or generating layout

Report · Jul 06, 2011

I have a few topic pages which use the same CSS throughout the entire project.

It seems when I copy text from Word the formatting becomes embedded? and when I apply the correct style the format does not change.

OR

The format looks fine in design view but when previewed or generated the font formatting is changed.

I don't know enough about HTML code to see if there's something incorrect.

<body>
<?rh-script_start ?><script src="../ehlpdhtm.js" type="text/javascript"
language="JavaScript1.2"></script><?rh-script_end ?>
<h1>Attachments</h1>

The word attachments in the design view is in the correct format for Heading 1 - purple in color - when previewed or generated the font color changes to black.

Any ideas?

Report · Jul 07, 2011

Above the body text do you see anything that might be related to styles?
Using the same CSS in a new single topic project, do you get the same result if you paste text in?
In that new project, do you get the problem if you import a topic from your real project?

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Report · Jul 07, 2011

Hi

1. Image of top code attached.

2. Same result in new project new topic simply using the default text once format is applied.

3. Copied topic from original and same problem occurs.

Seems to be only heading 1 - the rest of the formatting is ok.

Thanks

Karen Voycey

Report · Jul 07, 2011

No image. You have to insert with the camera icon above where you reply.

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Report · Jul 08, 2011

Hi

I was not online and didn't realize the email reply with attachment would not work.

Here's the code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="Originator" content="ImportDoc" />
<meta name="OriginalFile" content="Ops Guide_ePolicy Workflow Overview_for import to robohelp.docx" />
<meta name="MS-HAID" content="Attachments" />
<meta name="template" content="FAQ Template.htt" />
<meta name="generator" content="Adobe RoboHelp 9" />
<title>Adding an Attachment</title>
<link rel="StyleSheet" href="..\FAQ_Style_Sheet.css" type="text/css" />
</head>

<body>
<?rh-script_start ?><script src="../ehlpdhtm.js" type="text/javascript"
language="JavaScript1.2"></script><?rh-script_end ?>
<h1>Attachments</h1>

Report · Jul 08, 2011

Try taking out the lines below but I doubt that will be the cause.

You say the problem occurs between Design Editor and Preview. That I find difficult to understand as Preview is using the same styles as Design Editor.

Use the camera icon and add two screenshots showing us the difference.

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Report · Jul 08, 2011

Hi

Here are the requested images.

Karen

Report · Jul 08, 2011

You say you have created the same result in a new project. Please zip up that project and send it to me. See the Contact page on my site.

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Report · Jul 08, 2011

In your CSS file several of the styles have the colour incorrectly defined. For Heading 1 the colour is defined as

color: 5A2D7F;

It should be

color: #5A2D7F;

Add the hash sign to your CSS for any style where it is missing and you should be OK.

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Report · Jul 08, 2011

Hi

Thanks this worked. I will mark this as answered.

Karen

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Formatting lost when viewing or generating layout

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