3 Replies Latest reply: Jun 21, 2011 8:42 AM by octechwriter RSS

    Help! Problems with Automatic and Discretionary Hyphens from FrameMaker

    octechwriter Community Member

      Does anyone know how to prevent RoboHelp from picking up automatic and discretionary hyphens from linked FrameMaker files?

       

      I'm in a situation where I need to use automatic hyphens (and sometimes discretionary hyphens to prevent strange breaks) in my chapter titles and heading 1s. RoboHelp is great about ignoring the auto/disc hyphens in inline text (i.e., the titles and heading do not include the hyphen because they are not needed).

       

      For example:

      This Heading in FrameMaker...
      Appears as this in RoboHelp...Which is...
      Recording
      Service Infor-
      mation
      Recording Service InformationCorrect


       

      RoboHelp fails, however, when it comes to including the auto/disc hyphens in cross references and filenames. Even if the cross-reference text appears correctly in FrameMaker, the hyphens always show up in the cross-reference text in RoboHelp.

       

      For example:

      This Cross-Reference in FrameMaker...
      Appears as this in RoboHelp...Which is...
      Recording Service InformationRecording Service Infor-mationIncorrect


       

      Additionally, the filename given is "Recording_Service_Infor-mation.htm" which is not what I want.

       

      Why is RoboHelp smart enough to ignore the automatic and discretionary hyphens in inline text, but not smart enough to ignore them in cross-reference text and file names?

       

      Is there a seeting I can change to fix this? thank you very much for any help you can provide!!

       

      System Info:

      Windows XP SP3

      Technical Communication Suite 2 (FrameMaker 9.0p255 and RoboHelp 8.0.2.208)