Essentials of Adobe RoboHelp 8 HTML

Description

Essentials of Adobe RoboHelp 8 HTML is a 3-day instructor-led training course with HTML in it's name; therefore, many people think that RoboHelp is a Web Page development tool (much like Adobe Dreamweaver)-it is not. Although you could create terrific websites using RoboHelp, its primary mission is to let you quickly and easily, create Help Systems.

Audience

This Adobe RoboHelp course is for beginner to intermediate RoboHelp users. By the time you complete this course, you will have mastered the essential skills that will allow you to create a RoboHelp Help System in several output (including WebHelp; FlashHelp; HTML Help and Adobe Air). You will learn how to create master pages, cascading stylesheets, dynamic HTML effects, forms, frames and more. To gain the most from this class, students should:

Be familiar with Windows or Mac OS X.
Be familiar with the web and its terminology.
Knowledge of HTML is suggested but not required.

Course Length

3 Days

Course Outline

Unit 1: Introduction to Adobe RoboHelp 8 HTML

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
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

Unit 2: 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

Unit 3: 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 StyleUse spell CheckFind and replace text
Link to a Word file
Generate 508 and W3C compliant WebHelp

Unit 5: Graphics and Multimedia

Add graphics to a help project
Add an 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

Unit 6: 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

Unit 7: 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

Unit 8: Indexes, Search Terms, Glossaries and Docs

Run the smart index wizzard
Remove and add index entries
Add keywords with the 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

Unit 9: 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 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

Unit 11: 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 master page
Add a mini TOC placeholder to a topic
Publish a project

Unit 12: Windows, Browsing and CSH

Create a custom window
Create a browse sequence
Review a web application's source code
Publish a WebHelp project
Review the source code
Create a custom WebHelp Window
Create a map file and assign map IDs

Unit 13: 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
Create a map file and assign map IDs