Numbering in topics created by importing a Word doc

Question

I have created a project and imported a single Word file that
is 88 pg. in length and that uses Word's styles to create bulleted
and numbered paragraphs. In the HTML topics, the HTML code follows
the pattern below for all lists:
<p class=Bullet1>first bulleted item</p>
<li class=p-Bullet1><p class=Bullet1>second
bulleted item</p></li>
Of course this causes the text to appear without bullets (or
numbers) for the following three reasons:
- the <ol... tag is missing
- the first bulleted/numbered item is assigned a <p tag
rather than an <li tag
- the second tag - <p... - overrides the <li tag
Is there some way to prevent this from happening? (If I
import a smaller Word doc, the problem doesn't seem to happen as
often. )

Answer 1

Thank you, Peter. I had been to your site before, but didn't
read the detailed articles about importing Word docs, because I
thought they applied only to earlier versions of RoboHelp. Having
reviewed them, I feel A LOT BETTER and have a better understanding
of what's going on "under the covers." Also, I've now spent some
time reviewing & modifying the stylesheet & HTML directly
in the topics, so I'm better prepared to understand the HTML code
you include.
Nonetheless, the original problem I posted still mystefies
me. As you suggest, I'll have to so some experimenting to
understand what's causing the first bullet or numbered item to be
assigned a <p class=classname> rather than an <li
class=classname>.
As I stated earlier, it may just be that this particular
document's checkered past will require that I use your (thank you!)
macro to remove the formatting of bulleted & numbered
paragraphs & reassign bullets & numbering.
This leaves one final question: For RoboHelp 7 specifically,
do you advise setting bullets & numbering using styles, or the
Word toolbar?
Thank you again to all who share your experience &
advice.
- Carol