Advanced Madcap Flare Training

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The Advanced MadCap Flare course is designed to help technical writers and documentation professionals master advanced authoring, content reuse, and publishing capabilities of MadCap Flare for creating scalable, professional documentation.

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What is Advanced Madcap Flare Training about?

This course provides in-depth knowledge of advanced MadCap Flare features including project structuring, advanced single-sourcing, variables, conditions, snippets, templates, and multi-channel publishing. Learners will gain hands-on experience in managing large documentation projects, optimizing workflows, and producing high-quality outputs such as HTML5, PDF, and online help systems.

What are the objectives of Advanced Madcap Flare Training ?

Master advanced content reuse techniques using snippets, variables, and conditions
Design and manage scalable documentation projects
Customize outputs and layouts for multiple publishing formats
Implement advanced TOCs, targets, and templates
Improve documentation quality and production efficiency

Who is Advanced Madcap Flare Training for?

Technical writers with basic MadCap Flare experience
Documentation and content developers
Technical communication specialists
Knowledge management professionals
Help authoring tool (HAT) users

What are the prerequisites for Advanced Madcap Flare Training?

Prerequisites:

Basic working knowledge of MadCap Flare
Understanding of technical documentation concepts
Familiarity with structured authoring
Basic HTML/CSS knowledge (recommended)
Experience creating simple Flare projects

Learning Path:

Fundamentals of MadCap Flare
Intermediate content reuse techniques
Advanced project structuring
Multi-channel publishing strategies
Documentation maintenance and optimization

Related Courses:

Introduction to MadCap Flare
Technical Writing Fundamentals
Single-Sourcing Documentation Techniques
HTML & CSS for Technical Writers

Available Training Modes

Live Online Training

3 Days

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Module 1: Course Overview

Welcome

Target Audience

Course Overview

Preparing Your Computer for the Course

About the Sample Project

Module 2: CSS and Design Overview

Cascading Stylesheets Overview

Spans and Divs

IDs and Classes

Selectors

Adding Comments to a Stylesheet

Module 3: Stylesheets

Creating a Stylesheet

Linking Stylesheets

Applying a Stylesheet to All Topics

Applying a Stylesheet to a Topic

Modifying a Style

Creating a Style Class

Creating a Style Class Based on Inline Formatting

Creating a Generic Style Class

Applying a Style to Content

Best Practices for Stylesheets

Module 4: Text and List Styles

About Default Fonts

Using a Google Font

Using a Font Set

Creating a Font Set

Sizing Text

Controlling Hyphenation

Specifying a Bullet Icon

Removing List Indentation

Auto-numbering Headings

Auto-numbering Figure and Table Captions

Best Practices for Formatting Text and Lists

Module 5: Table Styles

Creating a Table Stylesheet

Setting Borders and Separators

Using Header and Footer Rows

Setting Alternating Row/Column Background Colors

Formatting Custom Row/Column Styles

Creating a Table Style for Print

Applying a Table Stylesheet to All Tables

Applying a Custom Table Row/Column Style

Best Practices for Tables

Module 6: Print Styles

About Mediums

Changing the Font Family

Changing the Font Size

Setting TOC and Index Styles

Including Heading Styles in the TOC

Specifying a Maximum Width for Images

Best Practices for Formatting Print Targets

Module 7: Linking Projects and External Resources

About Project Linking

Importing Files from Another Flare Project

About External Resource Linking

Importing an External Resource

Including Heading Styles in the TOC

Best Practices for Linking Projects and Using External Resources

Module 8: Responsive Design – Topics

About Responsive Design

About Topic Design

Creating a 2-Column Responsive Layout

Adding a Breadcrumb Proxy to a Template Page

Formatting the Breadcrumb Proxy

Adding a Toolbar Proxy to a Template Page

Adding a Menu Proxy to a Template Page

Selecting a Template Page for a Target

Best Practices for Topic Design

Module 9: Responsive Design – Home Page

About Home Page Design

Creating a “Home” Template Page

Creating a 1-Column Responsive Layout

Designing a Full-width Hero Image

Adding a Search Proxy to a Template Page

Hiding the Search Bar in an HTML5 Skin’s Header

Assigning a Template Page to a Topic

Creating a Responsive “Card” Layout

Creating a Complex CSS Selector

Using Font Awesome Icons

Best Practices for Home Page Design

Module 10: Testing and Managing Styles

Testing Responsive Layouts

Finding and Fixing Inline Formatting

Removing Unused Style Classes

Disabling Styles

Pinning a Style

Assigning a Keyboard Shortcut to a Style

Browser CSS Support Charts

Best Practices for Testing and Managing Styles

Module 11: Skins

About Skin Design Options

Designing an HTML5 Skin

Creating a Toolbar Skin

Designing a Toolbar Skin

Creating a Menu Skin

Designing a Menu Skin

Creating a Search Bar Skin

Designing a Search Bar Skin

Applying a Skin to a Proxy

Selecting a Skin in a Target

Best Practices for Skins

Module 12: Variables and Snippets

About Variables and Snippets

Creating a Date/Time Variable

Creating a Variable with Multiple Definitions

Inserting a User-defined Variable

Inserting a System Variable into a TOC Item

Using a Variable in a Target

Selecting a Variable Definition in a Target

Creating a Snippet

Inserting a Snippet

Overriding a Variable’s Definition in a Snippet

Finding Potential Variables and Snippets

Finding and Fixing Typed Variables and Snippets

Creating Used Variable and Used Snippet Reports

Best Practices for Variables and Snippets

Module 13: Condition Tags

About Condition Tags

Creating a Tag

Applying a Tag to a Topic, File, or Folder

Applying a Tag to Content

Applying a Tag to a Glossary Term

Using Snippet Conditions

Applying Conditions Using Styles

Excluding Condition Tags in a Target

Inserting a Snippet

Creating a Condition Tag Report

Best Practices for Conditions

Module 14: Targets

About Targets

Creating a Publishing Destination

Publishing a Target

Batch Generating Targets

Best Practices for Targets and Publishing

Who is the instructor for this training?

The trainer for this Advanced Madcap Flare Training has extensive experience in this domain, including years of experience training & mentoring professionals.

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