Faulty Single Source Layout from RoboHelp X5 for Word
I am running RoboHelp for Word X5.0.1 build 606 and
generating a Single Source Layout that is in Microsoft HTML Help
format. The output for the English version is fine. In the Spanish
version, a list of font names is inserted into pages in the output.
It looks like the pages that are littered with these font names
occur only in those topics that are at the beginning of their
respective Word documents. The text just before
Introducción that follows is an example:
Arial;Symbol;StarBats;Times;Times New Roman CE;Times New
Roman Cyr;Times New Roman Greek;Times New Roman Tur;Times New Roman
(Hebrew);Times New Roman (Arabic);Times New Roman Baltic;Times New
Roman (Vietnamese);Arial CE;Arial Cyr;Arial Greek;Arial Tur;Arial
(Hebrew);Arial (Arabic);Arial Baltic;Arial (Vietnamese);
Introducción
Has anyone seen this before? How can I avoid this?
Hi, Peter,
I think the usual advice, at least for non-western European
languages, is to compile an HTML Help file on a PC whose default
language is set to that of the help file. For example, you should
compile a Japanese help file on either:
A full Japanese Windows PC.
A non-Japanese Windows PC on which you've installed the East
Asian language files and set the language to Japanese via Control
Panel > Regional and Language Options > Advanced.
I don't think it's necessary to go to these lengths for help
files in western European languages.
The compile-time settings of both help file and PC have no
influence over the language in which the text labels of the toolbar
buttons are shown, as this is determined by Windows at run time.
So, a French help file will have French button labels when opened
on a French PC and English labels when opened on an English PC.
Pete
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