Adobe RoboHelp 6 tutorials, RoboHelp 6 online applications

Introduction

About this Tutorial

New In RoboHelp X5

New In RoboHelp 6

Overview of RoboHelp

Project Types

The RoboHelp Starter Window

RoboHelp Central Tab

New Project Tab

Open Tab

Import Tab

Tools Tab

Putting Your Options In Order

The General Tab

The Tool Locations Tab

The BugHunter Tab

Link View Tab

Tools Tab

HTML Editor Tab

Smart Index Tab

The New Project Wizard

Start the Wizard

Select the Proper Plan

Enter Project Information

The First Topic

The RoboHelp HTML Window

Three Panes: Left/Right/Output

TOC Tab

Index Tab

Glossary Tab

Tools Tab

WYSIWYG Tab

TrueCode Tab

Link View Tab

Topics Tab

Output Tab

BugHunter Tab

Toolbars

Change Your Views

Creating a HTML Help Project

Change Your First Topic

Add a New Topic

Change Text In the Topic Page

Change Style Sheets

Change Your Skin pt. 1

Change Your Skin pt. 2

Add Elements to the Help Project

Add a Table

Add a Hyperlink

Add a Popup

Add a Bookmark

Add Images & Other Multimedia

Add DHTML Effects

Add See Also

Add Related Links

Add a Shortcut to Run Other Programs

Add a Text Box & Marquee

Add a Form & Elements

Build a Non-Scrolling Region

Building Your HTML Help Project Structure

Auto-Create a Table of Contents (TOC)

Drag Topics Into Your TOC

Create a New TOC Page

Create a New TOC Book

Arrange Your TOC

Use the Smart Index Wizard

Drag Topics Into Your Index

Add a New Index Keyword

Arrange Your Index

Add a New Term Into the Glossary

Add a New Term Definition

Check Your HTML Help Project

Change Project Settings

Change Project Properties

Altering the Help Window

Preview Your Topic

Check Your Links

Check Your Bookmarks

Check Your Spelling & Use the Thesaurus

Find & Replace

Save the Project

Compile the Project

View the Compiled Project

Killing Bugs

Creating Projects from a Single Source

Create a WebHelp Project

Create a WebHelp Pro Project

Create FlashHelp

Create Printed Documentation

Create XML Output

Creating a WinHelp 2000 Help System

Open a WinHelp 2000 Help Project

RoboHelp Explorer Window

Word Toolbar

Changing Your First Topic

Add a New Topic

Change Text In the Topic Page

Building a WinHelp 2000 Help System

Add a Table

Add a Jump

Add a Popup

Add Keywords

Add Images & Other Multimedia

Add Hotspots

Add Index Marker

Create a Table of Contents

Create an Index

Test Your Help System

Save/Compile/Run Your Help System

Building Your First HTML Help System

Create the Help System & Your Styles

Build Non-Scrolling Topic Pages

Build Framesets

Fill In Your Topics

Add Links & Bookmarks

Create the TOC

Create the Index

Create the Glossary

Check the Project Spelling/Links/Bookmarks

Compile & View the Project

Change & Customize the Help Window Skin

Convert the Project to WebHelp

Using New RoboHelp 6 Features

Add Global Defined Variables

Insert Mark of the Web Comment

Apply Conditional Build Tags

Use the Glossary Wizard from the Glossary Tab

Use the Enhanced Edit Map ID Dialog Box

Import Word Documents with Less Re-Editing

View Additional Reports

Compile Help Projects from the Command Line

Using New RoboHelp 6 Input & Output Tools

Open RoboScreenCapture

Customize RoboScreenCapture Options & Tools

Capture a Screen

Edit & Save a Screen

Acquire an Image

Open an Existing Image

Access Adobe Captivate

Generate a PDF File

Using RoboSource Control

Open RoboSource Control Explorer

Edit RoboSource Options

Open a New Database

Add Files/Folders/Trees

Check Files In & Out

Check the File Status & Recent Changes

Find Information in a File

Send a Message to Other Users

Course Wrap Up

Conclusion

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