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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=353091513-09062011>Yes, it's possible - I do the same thing (only
generating WebHelp instead of CHM). If you want both types of output to look the
same, you'll have to do some CSS tweaking to bring the appearance of the CHM
help into line with the formatting present within your FM PDFs. First place to
start is with the Conversion Settings within RH when you import - that's the
first chance you have at mapping your FM paragraph & character formatting to
RH's styles. You can save that off in an .isf file for future use. Also, you can
apply (I believe) a single CSS file to all topics when you create your CHM. I
created one called apply2all.css that contained all my tweaks that gets applied
to all topics and overrides the individual css files that each topic gets
created when a FM doc is imported.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mythri
Sathyan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 08, 2011 6:29 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
framers@lists.frameusers.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> FrameMaker and RoboHelp
Combination for Single Sourcing<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'">Hello,</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'">I am using
Adobe FrameMaker 10 as source files for generating the PDF output and RoboHelp 9
for generating the CHM output. </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'">I am unable to
use the Import option in RoboHelp (to import the .fm files) as the CSS and
master pages are very different. The entire look and feel of the help file
changes if I use the import option.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'">Hence, I
started maintaining 2 different sources for 2 different outputs. The end user
documentation both PDF and CHM files require localization. For this, I must
maintain one single source files and generate multiple outputs (Single
Sourcing).</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'">So I wanted to
know:</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'">Is it possible
to maintain single sourcing in the scenario where the styles are different for
PDF and CHM outputs?</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'">If Yes, please
let us know how to do it? </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'">If No, then
please suggest an alternative way to do it.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'">Also, it is
mandatory that only one single source file is maintained for multiple outputs as
localization is involved.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'">Regards,</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'">Mythri</SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'"></SPAN> </P>
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