Robohelp 6

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

Training Course Wrap Up
Conclusion
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