RoboHelp for HTML-based Help

Course introduction

Introducing the concepts

• Audience and Prerequisites
• Course Objectives
• Course Structure
• Course Materials
• About the Instructor
• Typographical Conventions

• Online Help
• HTML Help
• WebHelp
• Using a Help File
• RoboHelp HTML
• Single Sourcing
• Project Management
• Book
• Topic
• Topic Templates
• Hyperlinks
• Conditional Content
• Dynamic HTML (DHTML)
• Context-sensitive Help

Starting a New Project

Designing Your output

• Starting RoboHelp HTML
• Creating a Project File
• Exercise: Creating a Project
• Using RoboHelp HTML
• Working with the Project Tab
• Exercise: Using RoboHelp HTML

• Using a Design Checklist
• Working with Cascading Style Sheets
• Customizing the Topic
• Creating and Editing Style Sheets
• Assigning Style Sheets to a Topic
• Exercise: Customizing a Style Sheet
• Understanding the Default Window and Tri-Pane Interface in HTML Help
• Exercise: Designing Your Interface

Importing a Word document

Understanding the Table of Contents

• Importing from Microsoft Word
• Limitations when Importing from Word
• Preparing Your Word Document
• Exercise: Importing a Word Document

• Using the TOC Composer
• Customizing the Table of Contents
• Exercise: Creating a Table of Contents

Using topic templates

Creating and Designing Topics

• Understanding Topic Templates
• Creating a Topic Template
• Assigning Topic Templates
• Exercise: Creating a Topic Template

• A Brief Introduction to HTML
• Learning About Topics
• Creating Topics in the WYSIWYG Editor
• Working with Lists in the WYSIWYG Editor
• Working with Tables in the WYSIWYG Editor
• Looking at the TrueCode
• Exercise: Creating Topics
• Setting the Options
• Accessing Topics
• Previewing Topics
• Editing, Deleting, and Renaming Topics
• Running Spell-Check
• Exercise: Renaming a Topic and Spell-Checking Your Project

Creating conditional content

Generating Your Output

• Understanding Conditional Content
• Using Conditional Content Build Tags
• Creating a Conditional Content Expression
• Exercise: Creating Conditional Content

• Setting the Compilation Options
• Controlling the Compilation Window
• Interpreting Compilation Messages
• Running the HTML Help File
• Generating a WebHelp Project
• Exercise: Generating Your Output Buttons

Creating Hyperlinks

Managing Projects

• What Are Hyperlinks?
• Defining the Hyperlink Destinations
• Creating Hyperlinks
• Editing Hyperlinks
• Creating Popups (Regular and Text-Only)
• Exercise: Creating Hyperlinks
• Using Link View
• Fixing Broken Links
• Exercise: Renaming a Linked File

• Organizing Your Topics with Folders
• Entering Topic Progress Information
• Rolling Back to a Previous Version
• Adding Time/Date Stamps
• Viewing the Topic History
• Comparing Two Topics
• Producing Project Reports
• Exercise: Organizing Your Topics

Creating an Index

Creating a Glossary

• What Is an Index?
• A Quick Look at the Concepts
• Entering Keywords
• Editing and Deleting Keywords
• Exercise: Creating an Index
• Creating a Multi-Level Index
• Creating See and See Also Keywords
• Sorting the Index
• Using the Smart Index Wizard
• Producing an Index Report
• Exercise: Creating a Multi-Level Index

• Creating a Glossary
• Using the Glossary Wizard
• Exercise: Creating a Glossary

Adding Graphics to Topics

Distributing the Results

• Understanding the Possible Graphic Types
• Creating Graphics
• Inserting and Positioning Graphics
• Exercise: Inserting and Positioning Graphics
• Creating Image Maps
• Exercise: Creating an Image Map

• Preparing for Distribution
• What Files Do You Need to Ship?
• Deploying the Finished WebHelp Project
• Exercise: Creating a Distribution Diskette

Adding browse sequences

Generating other outputs

• What is a Browse Sequence?
• Creating Browse Sequences
• Exercise: Adding Browse Sequences

• Generating Print Output with RoboHelp
• Including Print-only Content
• Generating PDF Output
• Generating XML Output
• Exercise: Single-Sourcing Your Output

Supporting multiple authors

Using Layout and Special Effects (Dynamic HTML)

• Checking Files In and Out
• Controlling Access Rights
• Using the Administrative Tools
• Exercise: Supporting Multiple Authors

• What Are Special Effects (Dynamic HTML)?
• Expanding and Drop-Down Hotspots
• Adding Horizontal Lines
• Exercise: Creating Special Effects

Creating Context-Sensitive Help

• What Is Context-Sensitive Help?
• How Does Context-Sensitive HTML Help Work?
• Creating Aliases and Map Numbers
• Understanding What's This? HTML Help
• Using WinHelp to Create Context-Sensitive Help
• Creating Context-Sensitive WebHelp