RoboHelp Training Course

Adobe RoboHelp 7 training course 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.

You will be introduced to the RoboHelp Office environment and create actual HTML-based Help projects, including creating context-sensitive WebHelp. You will also explore the single-sourcing capability of RoboHelp by generating cross-platform WebHelp, HTML Help and creating printed documentation.

Module 1: Introduction to RoboHelp 7 HTML

• Create an HTML Help 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
• Move TOC Books
• Add Pages to TOC Books
• Generate a Project

Module 2: Topic Formatting

• 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
• Apply a Style Sheet to a Topic
• Apply Styles to Selected Paragraphs
• Create a New Style Sheet
• Create a Font Set
• Use Inline Styles
• Use Spell Check
• Use the Multi-File Find and Replace Utility
• Generate 508 and W3C Compliant WebHelp

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

• Generate FlashHelp Output
• Create a New Toolbar
• Add Commands to a Toolbar
• Insert Hyperlinks
• Change Hyperlink Colors
• 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

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
• Insert an Adobe Captivate Demo
• Create a Screen Capture using RoboScreenCapture

Module 5: 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

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 and Add Index Entries
• Add Keywords Via Topic Properties
• Add Subkeywords to the Index
• Create a See Also Keyword
• Insert a Link Control
• Add Glossary Terms
• Generate a Report
• Generate Printed Documentation
• Generate a PDF

Module 8: 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

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