If you get new material written in Word or FrameMaker by subject matter experts who don’t use Flare, you can easily add it to your Flare project. Learn how to import that material and see various import options.
- [Voiceover] In this video you'll learn…how to import Word files into a Flare project.…The steps are the same if you want…to import FrameMaker files; so we'll cover…both types in this one video using Word as an example.…You might want to import a Word document…into a project if a subject matter expert…created some material for you in Word.…So, when you import a Word document…Flare is going to be looking for the presence…of Head Styles in the document.…So let's say this is a document…and in the document there's a Level 1 Head,…and there's some body text, then there's a Level 2 Head,…and some body text.…
Here's another Level 2 Head and some body text,…and so on.…Flare will come back and say it's found…Heading 1 and Heading 2 styles in this document…and ask you at what level do you want to break.…If you say break on Head 1, Flare will simply…create one topic equal to the entire Word document…because there's only one Level 1 Head.…But if you say break on Head 1 and Head 2…Flare will actually create one, two,…and three separate topics because…
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Released
7/11/2016- Creating content using topics
- Adding and managing topics
- Importing files
- Inserting graphics
- Creating a table of contents, glossary, and cross-references
- Adding hyperlinks
- Formatting documents with stylesheets
- Creating master pages
- Single sourcing content
- Using variables and snippets
- Generating output
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome48s
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Project-based challenges2m 12s
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1. Basic Concepts
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What is Flare?1m 42s
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Flare's interface6m 30s
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2. Creating Content Using Topics
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Topic concepts3m 55s
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Basic topic tasks4m 59s
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Managing existing topics3m 23s
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Importing HTML files4m 1s
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Inserting graphic objects3m 40s
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3. Navigation
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TOC concepts3m 46s
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Basic TOC creation4m 55s
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Creating online glossaries6m 29s
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Hyperlinks3m 13s
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Cross-references5m 58s
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4. Add Formatting
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CSS concepts4m 48s
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CSS creation5m 50s
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CSS application1m 57s
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CSS modification4m 46s
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Table stylesheets7m 30s
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Skin concepts2m 14s
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Tripane skin creation3m 40s
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Topnav skin creation2m 34s
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5. Single Sourcing
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Single-sourcing definitions2m 55s
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Variable concepts6m 24s
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Snippet concepts6m 30s
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6. Understanding Outputs vs. Targets
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Outputs vs. targets4m 56s
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Generating output4m 57s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 42s
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