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 Schedule

Start Date End Date Status September 28, 2009 September 30, 2009  Other Recommended Courses Flash CS4 Dreamweaver CS4 Flash ActionScript Cascading Style Sheets Contribute CS3 Training Adobe Connect Flash Video Development Photoshop CS4 Flex 3 - Flex 3 and LiveCycle Data Services Fireworks CS3 Flex 3 - Developing Rich Client Application InDesign CS4 Fast Track to HTML Illustrator CS4 JavaScript Adobe Presenter RoboHelp 7 Authorware Advanced Fast Track to Authorware

 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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