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Summary

During this instructor-led class you will learn the essential Adobe RoboHelp 8 skills that will get you up and running in two days.

Target Audience

Help author, technical writer, or programmer tasked with creating Help systems for desktop or Web-based applications.

Course outline

* Introduction to RoboHelp

Create a Blank Project

Explore the Pods

Explore the Toolbars

Load the Default Environment

Save an Environment

Retitle and Rename the Project

Edit a Topic

Edit a Topic Headline

Rename and Delete Topics

Create a TOC Book

Add, Delete and Rename TOC Books

Organize a TOC

Add Pages to TOC Books

Generate a Project

* Adding Content and Creating Project Structure

Create a WebHelp Project

Import an HTML File

Import a Word Document

Import a FrameMaker Document

Rename Topic Titles

Create Project Folders

Auto-Create a TOC

* Topic Formatting

Apply a Style Sheet to a Topic

Apply Styles to Selected Paragraphs

Create a New Style Sheet

Create a Font Set

Use Inline Styles

Use Spell Check

Find and Replace Text

Link to a Word File

Generate 508 and W3C Compliant WebHelp

* FlashHelp, Links, PDFs and Popups

Generate FlashHelp Output

Create a New Toolbar

Add Commands to a Toolbar

Insert Hyperlinks

Insert Bookmarks

Import a PDF Document

Insert Auto-Sizing Popups

Insert Custom-Sized Popups

Insert a Text-Only Popup

Use Link View

Resolve Broken Links

* Graphics and Multimedia

Add Graphics to a Help Project

Add an Image Margin

Rename an Image

Add a Background Image

Add Hotspots to a Graphic

Add Sound to a Topic

Import and Format Topics

Insert an Adobe Captivate Demo

Create a Screen Capture

* Build Tags, Variables and Snippets

Create Conditional Build Tags

Define a Build Tag Expression

Create a New Table of Contents

Create a Variable

Insert and Edit a Variable

Create a Snippet

Add a Snippet to a Topic

* Indexes, Search Terms, Glossaries and Docs

Run the Smart Index Wizard

Remove and Add Index Entries

Add Keywords via Topic Properties

Add Subkeywords to the Index

Create a See Also Keyword

Insert a Link Control

Add Custom Search Terms

Add Glossary Terms

Generate a Report

Generate Printed Documentation

* Skins and Master Pages

Attach a Skin to a Layout

Create a Custom Skin

Customize the Search Highlight Color

Create a Master Page

Edit a Master Page

Add a Breadcrumb Placeholder to a Master Page

Add a Mini TOC Placeholder to a Topic

Publish a Project

* Windows and CSH

Publish a WebHelp Project

Create a Custom WebHelp Window

Create a Map File and Assign Map IDs

Duration

2 Days

Pricing

900 €

Prerequisites

Have a basic understanding of creating Help file authoring and understand basic web terminology.

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