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Introduction to RoboHelp

Description

A practical course covering the use of RoboHelp, a tool for professional desktop publishing.

Prerequisites

None

Length

Two hours

Topics covered

  • Creating a RoboHelp book
  • Defining project settings
  • Defining primary and secondary project windows
  • Applying a stylesheet
  • Adding topics
  • Applying styles and formatting in Robohelp
  • Linking: hyperlinks and bookmarks
  • Adding graphics
  • Defining pop-up topics
  • Creating a table of Contents
  • Creating an Index

Advanced:

  • Context-sensitive help
  • Hotspot graphic maps
  • Adding multi-media: audio, Video, Flash
  • Single sourcing: output of Robohelp projects to Word and PDF

Tools used

RoboHelp

Course materials

  • PowerPoint presentation
  • Course workbook

Practical

Most of this workshop involves hands-on use of RoboHelp.