Unordered and ordered lists

Question

Hi There,
A former FrameMaker 7.1+WebWorks user, I am testing the TCS
for a new project which will include pdfs, online and
context-sensitive help, and training demos. I am very happy with
FrameMaker 8, Acrobat, and Captivate, but when it comes to
RoboHelp, it seems like everytime I touch it I start wishing for
WebWorks. I am using FrameMaker as my authoring tool and importing
into RoboHelp for the help files. When I import the Frame Files, I
map the Frame styles to Robohelp styles and for the most part,
everything looks pretty good, except for my numbered and bulleted
lists. When they import, they import with preformatted tags <pre
class=Style1> blah blah blah </pre>. How do I get the
lists to work? I tried Convert Autonumber to HTML list with no
success, I have also tried not using it, with no success. I get the
feeling that I am missing something blatently obvious, but missing
it all the same. Can somebody point me in the right direction?
Thanks so much!
Peggy

Answer 1

It sounds like you've assigned <pre> to your list tags
in the Content Settings dialog box. To fix this:
1. Open the FrameMaker Document Settings dialog box.
2. Select the Style Settings tab.
In the Style Conversion Frame, click "Select." (This button
is named "Select FrameMaker styles for applying User Defined HTML
tag & Ignore Autonumber properties" -- the kind of label tech
writers hate!).
3. The FrameMaker Styles Conversion Properties dialog box
appears, (eventually). Ensure that the User Defined HTML Tag check
box is cleared for your list tags (and for all tags, unless you
need to use the HTML <pre> tag for preformatted text
somewhere).