RoboHelp 8

Adobe RoboHelp 8 empowers technical communicators, help authors, and web developers to build, manage, and publish content for help systems and stand alone knowledge bases. This course will allow you to create a RoboHelp 8 Help system in several output (including WebHelp, FlashHelp, HTML Help and Adobe Air). In this hands-on training you will learn how to create master pages, cascading styles sheets, dynamic HTML effects, forms, frames and more.

 Course Outline

Introduction to RoboHelp

• Create an 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 StylesUse Spell CheckFind 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
  

Tables and DHTML

• Insert a Table
  
• Insert a Table Row
  
• Create a Table Style
  
• 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
  

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
  

Forms and Frames

• Insert a Form
  
• Add Form Radio Buttons
  
• Add HTML Code to a Topic
  
• Add a Form Check Box
  
• Insert a Drop-Down Menu into a Form
  
• Add a Multi-line Text Field to a Form
  
• Add Form Submit and Reset Buttons
  
• Name a Form and Set an Action
  
• Import HTML Files
  
• Create a Frameset
  
• Modify Frameset Attributes
  
• Link Topics into Frameset Regions
  

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, Browsing and CSH

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

Scripts and AirHelp

• Run a Script
  
• Edit a Script
  
• Create an Adobe AIR Layout
  
• Output Browser Based AIR Help
  
• Output Adobe AIR Application Help
  
• Use the Help Viewer Wizard
  
  

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