Help needed with Footers in RoboHelp 9

[mikearnett]

I am currently creating a project in RoboHelp 9.  All of my topic pages were imported from a FrameMaker book.  There was no master page imported and I need to create the same footer on each topic page.

From what I understand, you create the footer within the Master Page and then apply the master page to your topic pages.  However, when I attempted to do this, the footer looked fine, but the body of my page changed.  All the formatting was erased (such as bolding, font styles, spacing, etc.).  It basically looks like plain text now.  Did applying the master page after my topic pages were created affect all of the body within each page?  Is there a way to insert the same footer within each topic page without having to insert a footer one topic page at a time?  I have over 100 topic pages in this project and that would be very time consuming.

Thanks for any help provided.

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

Probably should be in the FrameMaker Integration forum, anyway, what about creating a FM template that includes all the good stuff that you're using in FM + your applied footer? Then when you produce your help, you tell it to use the FM template as its guide for formatting. Matt Sullivan often recommends doing this - see his blog for more info.

[mikearnett]

Thanks for the quick reply Jeff.

That is all well and good, but I have already imported my FrameMaker book into RoboHelp, made edits to each topic page, inserted links, etc.

You mean there is no way to just add a simple footer (the same footer on each page) to each topic page without it affecting the rest of the page?

[Captiv8r]

Hi Mike

Odds are you had a CSS file associated with the Master Page. Try associating the CSS your Frame created and see if things improve.

Cheers... Rick

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[mikearnett]

Thanks Rick...that was the issue and I was able to resolve this by applying the correct css.  I like when the solutions are easy ones

As a follow-up, is there any easy way to apply the updated master page in all my topics within the topic list.  In other words, is there a 'one-click' method to "select all" topics and then apply the updated master page?

Thanks,

Mike

[Captiv8r]

Hello again

Well, it's not a single click, but it's not too bad either.

Click to focus the Topic List pod. Press Ctrl+A to select all, right-click and choose Properties. Then from there you can ensure the General tab is in front and choose the desired Master Page.

Hope that helps a bit... Rick

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[Jeff_Coatsworth]

Sorry, I see import & think - well, just toss it all out & suck it in again ;>)