Essentials of RoboHelp HTML X4
 What is RoboHelp HTML?
RoboHelp HTML 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 two most popular browsing programs are Netscape Navigator and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
Files that you mark up can be read from your hard drive or from the World Wide Web (WWW). Documents available on the WWW are HTML files.
RoboHelp HTML has the letters HTML in its name; therefore, many people think that RoboHelp HTML is strictly an HTML authoring tool—it is not. While 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 two days.
Course Content:
Module 1: The Basics
Create a New Project | Explore the Project Manager | Explore Project Settings | Edit a Topic | Add a New Topic | Edit a Headline | Rename and Delete Topics | Create a Book | Add and Delete Books | Rename Books | Move Books | Add Pages to Books | Specify the Project's Default Topic | Generate a Project
Module 2: Cascading Style Sheets
Create a New Project | Import an HTML File into a Project | Rename Imported Topic Titles | Create Books | Add Existing Topics to Books | Apply a Style Sheet a Topic | Apply Paragraph Styles | Edit Styles | Create a Font Set | Create a New Style Sheet File | Use Inline Styles | Create and Use a Character Style | Spell Check | Use Multi-File Find and Replace
Module 3: Links
Add Hyperlinks to Existing Topics | Change Hyperlink Colors | Add an Independent Topic | Add Popups | Create Custom-Sized Popups | Use Link View | Rename the Project | Generate WebHelp | Create 508 and W3C Compliant Web Help | Generate FlashHelp | Generate JavaHelp | Generate Oracle Help | Generate Printed Documentation
Module 4: Graphics and Multimedia
Add Graphics to a Help Project | Resize an Inserted Graphic | Add a Background Image | Add a Baggage File | Add Hotspots to a Graphic | Add Sound to a Topic Background | Add Multimedia to a Topic | Import a RoboDemo Movie
Module 5: Help Controls and Conditional Text
Add a Shortcut Help Control | Add a Close Window Help Control | Add a Related Topics Help Control | Add a Splash Screen Help Control | Create and Use a Conditional Build Tag | Define a Build Tag Expression
Module 6: Tables and Dynamic HTML
Insert a Table| Format a Table | Add a Horizontal Rule| Use a Graphic as a Horizontal Rule| Insert a Symbol | Add Bullets to Paragraphs | Format a Heading with a Fade in DHTML Effect| Use a Style to Apply DHTML Effects | Apply Fly in DHTML Effects | Work with Positioned Text Boxes | Create a Trigger
Module 7: Indexes, Glossaries and Reports
Create an Index with the Smart Index Wizard | Remove an Index Entry | Add Index Keywords with the WYSIWYG Editor | Add Keywords with the Topic Properties | Add Keywords with the Index Designer | Create a Multilevel Index | Create a See Also Name | Add a Link Control to a Topic | Add Glossary Terms on the Glossary Designer | Change the Status of a Topic | Generate a Report
Module 8: Forms and Frames
Insert a Form and Text Field | Add Radio Buttons | Use the TrueCode Editor to Add a Radio Button | Add a Check Box | Insert a Drop-Down Menu | Add a Text Field with Scroll Bars and Initial Text | Add Submit and Reset Buttons | Set Form Properties | Import Files into the Project | Create a Frameset | Modify Frameset Controls | Link Topics into Frames
Module 9: Skins and Templates
Apply Existing Skins to Topics | Create and Use a Custom Skin | Publish a Project | Create and Apply a Template with Headers and Footers | Edit a Template
Module 10: Customizing and Application Help
Create a Browse Sequence | Preview an Application Needing Application Help | Create a Topic to be Context Sensitive | Import a Map File | Merge Projects | Add a Shortcut to the Desktop
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