Word Output

You can add a Word target and edit its settings as needed, including setting Word options. Then build the target to see the Word output.

You can generate Word output in one of the following formats: DOCX, DOC, PDF, XPS. See Specifying the Microsoft Word Output Format.

Note Flare supports Microsoft Word 2003 and newer versions.

Note To create output in DOCX or XPS format, you need to have at least Microsoft Word 2007 installed. Also, Word 2007 lets you create PDF files from Word without needing to have the Adobe Distiller installed.

Note For Word output, you can use template pages or page layouts to control the configuration of pages in the output. If you use page layouts (which are recommended), you can select an option in the Page Layout Editor that shows the real header, footer, and body areas if the page layout will be used in Microsoft Word output. See Showing the Word Overlay in Page Layouts.

Note Title page layouts affect auto-generated TOCs in Word. If your Flare project includes a title page, and you selected the "Generate TOC proxy" option in the Target Editor (see Auto-Generating TOCs for Print) the auto-generated TOC will appear after the title page. If title page is not specified, the auto-generated TOC will appear at the beginning of the output. Additionally, although the auto-generated TOC is considered a chapter break, it will use the same page layout file that is used for the title page.

Note You will see a build log warning if your Flare project uses a header, footer, or body frame that falls outside of the page layout boundaries supported by Word. To resolve this error, you can modify your page layouts in Flare so they are within Word's page layout boundaries.

Note When you generate Word output, <div> tags appear as single-cell tables. This lets you move the div in your output, resize it, or even add additional rows or columns. Any styling (such as background color) that you have applied to your div will appear in the output. Additionally, you can nest <div> tags within tables or within other <div> tags. Because each div appears as a single-cell table, you can resize or edit each nested element individually. <div> tags also support borders, float properties, and autonumbering.

Note When using <div> tags, styling, such as borders or background colors, must be applied to the div (not to the paragraph tag within the div) to appear in the generated Word output.

Note When generating Word output, autonumbering is preserved for <div> tags, keywords, concepts, empty tags, and other non-text elements.

Note Flare does not support background images in generated Word output. If you use background images (e.g., in a note div, in a cover page layout), you can apply them in Word after generating the output from Flare.