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Essentials of Adobe RoboHelp 6 HTML

What is RoboHelp HTML?

RoboHelp is the industry standard for Help authoring. It's the preferred program if you are a Help author, technical writer, or programmer tasked with creating Help systems for desktop or Web-based applications.

HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. Simply put, HTML is a formatting language. You put codes (markups) inside text files so that they can be read by browsing software. Currently, the most popular browsing program is Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.

RoboHelp 6 HTML has the letters HTML in its name; therefore, many people think that RoboHelp HTML is strictly an HTML authoring tool—it is not. Although you can create terrific Web sites with RoboHelp HTML, its primary mission is to let you quickly, and easily, create Help systems.

This easy-to-use tutorial that will have you creating your own HTML Help systems (complete with topics, books, links, tables, forms, glossaries, frames, skins, templates, DHTML, cascading style sheets and more) within three days.

Course Content:

Module 1: Introduction to RoboHelp 6 HTML

Create an HTML Help Project | Explore the Panes and Toolbars | Explore the Project Pane | Change Project Settings | Edit and Add Topics | Edit a Topic Headline | Rename and Delete Topics | Create a TOC Book | Add, Delete and Rename TOC Books | Move TOC Books | Add Pages to TOC Books | Generate a Project

Module 2: WebHelp and Topic Formatting

Create a WebHelp Project | Import an HTML File | Import a Word Document | Rename Topic Titles | Create Project Folders | Auto-create a TOC | Apply a Style Sheet to a Topic | Apply Styles to Selected Paragraphs | Create a New Style Sheet | Create a Font Set | Use Inline Styles | Spell Check | Use Multi-File Find and Replace | Generate 508 and W3C Compliant WebHelp

Module 3: FlashHelp, Links, PDFs and Pop-Ups

Generate FlashHelp Output | Insert Hyperlinks | Change Hyperlink Colors | Import a PDF Document | Add Popups | Create Custom-Sized Popups | Use Link View | Resolve Broken Links

Module 4: Graphics and Multimedia

Add Graphics to a Help Project | Change Image Margins | Rename an Image | Add a Background Image | Add Hotspots to a Graphic | Add Sound to a Topic | Import and Format Topics | Import an Adobe Captivate Demo | Use RoboScreenCapture to Pull a Screen Shot

plus there's a Mid-Course Quiz and Project

Module 5: Build Tags and Variables

Create Conditional Build Tags | Define a Build Tag Expression | Create a User Defined Variable | Insert and Edit a User Defined Variable

Module 6: Tables and DHTML

Insert a Table | Format a Table | Add a Horizontal Line | Insert a Symbol | Add a Bulleted List | Format a Heading with a Fade in DHTML Effect | Apply Fly in DHTML Effects | Work with Positioned Text Boxes | Create a Trigger

Module 7: Indexes, Glossaries, Printed Docs and PDFs

Run the Smart Index Wizard | Remove an Index Entry | Add Index Entries “On the Fly” | Add Keywords with the Topic Properties | Add Subkeywords to the Index | Create a See Also Keyword | Add a Link Control to a Topic | Add Glossary Terms | Generate a Report | Generate Printed Documentation | Generate a PDF

Module 8: Forms and Frames

Create a New Topic | Insert a Form and Form Element | Add Radio Buttons | Edit a Topic’s HTML Code | Add a Check Box | Insert a Drop-Down Menu | Add a Multi-line Text Field | Add Submit and Reset Buttons | Set Form Properties | Import HTML Files | Create a Frameset | Modify Frameset Attributes | Link Topics into Frameset Regions

Module 9: Skins and Templates

Use a Skin | Create a Custom Skin | Publish a Project | Create a Topic Template | Edit a Template

Module 10: Windows, Browsing and Help

Create a Custom Window | Create a Browse Sequence | Review a Web Application’s Source Code | Publish a WebHelp Project | Review CSH Source Code | Create a Custom WebHelp Window | Create a Map File and Assign Map IDs

plus there's an End-of-Course Project

See Also

Interactive RoboHelp Simulations

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