RoboHelp Training Course
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This one-day, RoboHelp Training Course is at Beginners to Intermediate level.
Learn how to produce clear, concise information in the form of Online Help Guides, with RoboHelp HTML version 7 or 8.
This course is interactive and practical, covering the key elements of creating user-friendly Help Guides. Normally these are created for software applications, but are also used for Installation, Setup, Maintenance, Business Operating Procedures, Equipment Use and Training Guides.
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1. COURSE INTRODUCTION
Overview of the course.
2. INTRODUCTION TO ROBOHELP
RoboHelp HTML and how it works. Starting RoboHelp.
3. USING RH8 FOR THE FIRST TIME
System Setup. Understanding Topics. Choice of output formats. Saving and closing. Adobe Help resources.
3. FIRST LEVEL PLANNING
Sources of information. Software resources.
4. PREPARING A HELP PROJECT
Creating working folders. Creating a New Help Project. RH8 User Interface. Single Source Layouts.
6. BUILDING THE HELP PROJECT
Topic Master Pages (templates). Using 'Styles'. Adding new topics. Navigation links. Drop-Down and Expanding Hotspots. Generating the output. Batch generation.
7. OPEN EXISTING HELP PROJECTS
Open old Help project. Format conversion.
8/9. KEYWORD INDEX AND GLOSSARY
Identifying and tagging Keywords. Keyword Index. Building a Glossary.
10. IMPORTING FROM WORD
Importing Word docs and HTML files.
11. CONDITIONAL BUILD TAGS
About Conditional Build Tags.
Plan, create & apply Tags to Topics, Content, Keywords, etc. Preview. Define Build Tag Expressions. Using Single Source Layouts. Set Primary Layout. Advanced Build Tags.
12. TOPIC LAYOUT
Master Page backgrounds. Command Paths. Bulleted lists. Tables.
13. TOPIC APPEARANCE
WebHelp or HTML Help? Examples. Using Media. Images – format & resizing. Using 'Skins' - branding / customise appearance. Writing for the Screen. Using colour and style.
14. GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION
Final build checks. Pre-Distribution checks. Distributing Help Files.
15. HELP LINKS FROM APPLICATIONS
Links from software applications to Help Topic.
