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COURSE TITLE:
Macromedia RoboHelp X5 Training UK
LEVEL:
Introduction : Intermediate : Advanced
COURSE LENGTH:
up tp 4 days
COURSE PRICES:
*All prices quoted exclude VAT
COURSE OVERVIEW:
This 4-day training course covers the strategies and development process of designing a Help system. You will be introduced to the RoboHelp 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. |
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The course outlines below set out the full range of topics you can choose to cover during your on-site training course, and you can build your course around your exact training requirements, or any specific projects you or your staff are working on at present.
You will find that this approach makes our courses the most effective and productive use of your training budget available today. |
Training Modules
Technology Overview
Defining a Help System
Describing the Benefits of a Help System
Defining the Different Help Systems
Describing the Different Output Types
Describing the Basic Characteristics of All Output Types
Defining HTML
Defining HTML-Based Help
Defining Microsoft HTML Help
Defining Browser-Based Help
Defining XML
Planning a Help System
About the Structure of a Help System
Communicating the Message
Planning Your Help System
Using the Systematic Approach
Analyzing Your Audience, Resource, and Constraints
Designing a Help System Prototype
Developing Your Help System
Implementing Your Help System
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Your Help System
Starting a New Project
Project Planning
Project Background
Creating a New HTML Help Project
Understanding the Help Authoring Environment
Working with the Tag List
Setting RoboHelp WYSIWYG as the Default Editor
Working with the WYSIWYG Editor
Creating a New Topic from the Toolbar
Checking Your Settings
Adding More Topics
Working with Files and Folders
Project Scenario
Working with Folders
Opening and Closing Folders
Selecting Your Viewing Options
Importing HTML Files
Importing Microsoft Word Documents
Importing a Word Document
Importing FrameMaker Files
Creating Headers and Footers
About Topic Templates
Creating Topic Templates
Creating a Header/Footer for Topic Template
Applying Topic Templates
Creating a New Folder
Moving Files In and Out of Folders
Deleting Files
Importing More Topics
Organizing the Project Manager
Updating the Topics
Working with Styles
Creating Style Sheets
Best Practice for Using Styles
Creating a New External Style Sheet
Defining Styles
Creating a New Style
Attaching a Style Sheet to Several Topics
Using Embedded Styles
Using Inline Styles
Adding Numbered and Bulleted Lists
Formatting with Inline Styles
Spell Checking Your Topic
Previewing Topics
Creating Basic Links
Linking Topics
Project Update
Dragging and Dropping to Insert Links
Viewing Hyperlinks
Testing Hyperlinks
Dragging and Dropping More Topics
Adding a Table of Contents
Creating a Table of Contents
Adding Books to the TOC
Adding Pages to the TOC
Dragging and Dropping Pages into the TOC
Rearranging Books and Pages
Automatically Creating TOCs
Using Right-Click Menu to Update TOC
Dragging and Dropping a TOC Page into WYSIWYG Editor
Describing the Merged Help System Feature
Generating an HTML Help Layout
Defining Primary Layouts and Single Source Layouts
Generating Microsoft HTML Help Layouts
Customizing the TOC
Viewing Your HTML Help Primary Layout
Using the Output View Pane
Resolving Broken Links
Generating Your Revised Layout
Adding Media
Adding Images to Topics
Dragging and Dropping Images
Adding Horizontal Lines
Using the ReSize Tool
Inserting a Resized Image
About RoboDemo
Inserting a RoboDemo Movie
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Training Modules
Working with Styles
Creating Style Sheets
Best Practice for Using Styles
Creating a New External Style Sheet
Defining Styles
Creating a New Style
Attaching a Style Sheet to Several Topics
Using Embedded Styles
Using Inline Styles
Adding Numbered and Bulleted Lists
Formatting with Inline Styles
Spell Checking Your Topic
Previewing Topics
Creating Basic Links
Linking Topics
Project Update
Dragging and Dropping to Insert Links
Viewing Hyperlinks
Testing Hyperlinks
Dragging and Dropping More Topics
Adding a Table of Contents
Creating a Table of Contents
Adding Books to the TOC
Adding Pages to the TOC
Dragging and Dropping Pages into the TOC
Rearranging Books and Pages
Automatically Creating TOCs
Using Right-Click Menu to Update TOC
Dragging and Dropping a TOC Page into WYSIWYG Editor
Describing the Merged Help System Feature
Generating an HTML Help Layout
Defining Primary Layouts and Single Source Layouts
Generating Microsoft HTML Help Layouts
Customizing the TOC
Viewing Your HTML Help Primary Layout
Using the Output View Pane
Resolving Broken Links
Generating Your Revised Layout
Adding Media
Adding Images to Topics
Dragging and Dropping Images
Adding Horizontal Lines
Using the ReSize Tool
Inserting a Resized Image
About RoboDemo
Inserting a RoboDemo Movie
Distributing Cross-Platform Help Projects
Spell Checking Your Entire Project
Defining WebHelp
Defining WebHelp's Accessibility
Generating Section 508 Compliant WebHelp
Publishing a WebHelp Layout
Republishing a WebHelp Layout
Distributing WebHelp
Creating Context-Sensitive WebHelp
Creating Cross-Platform Context-Sensitive Help
Using Context-Sensitive Help Guidelines
Introducing the Electronic Timecard.htm
Creating Context-Sensitive WebHelp
Creating a Map File
Creating Map IDs
Creating a Custom Window
Copying Your WebHelp Project
Viewing the Source Code
Calling a WebHelp System from an HTML Page
Calling a Single Context-Sensitive Topic from an HTML Page
Using the Context-Sensitive Help Test Tool
Working With RoboHelp Office Pro
Using RoboHelp Office Pro
Understanding the Process
Defining RoboEngine
Defining the RoboEngine Configuration Manager
Overview of Tasks
Setting the Primary Layout to WebHelp Pro
Connecting Your Project to the Engine
Publishing a Project to the Engine
Merging Projects
Accessing Reports
Viewing Reports
Accessing the Merged Projects
Testing the Natural Language Search
Entering More Questions for Natural Language Search
Working with Synonyms
Republishing a Project to the Engine
Changing the Configuration Manager
Testing the Natural Language Synonym Editor
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Training Modules
Creating an Index
Indexing Guidelines
Strategies for Indexing
Adding Index Keywords Using the Index Designer
Adding Index Keywords Using the Right-Click Menu
Automatically Creating Indexes
Building a Custom Phrase List
Building an "Always Ignore" List
Confirming Keywords for Each Topic
Automatically Adding Keywords
Viewing the Index
Options while Smart Indexing
Creating Multi-Level Index Entries
Manually Sort the Index
Arranging Keywords with Toolbar Buttons
Project Review and Distribution
Generating Your HTML Help Primary Layout
Preparing for Reports
Viewing and Printing Reports
Backing Up Your Project
Distributing Online Help
Distributing Microsoft HTML Help
Generating Printed Documentation
About Single-Source Technology
Planning for Printed Documentation
Opening an Existing Project
Creating Printed Documents
Creating a Duplicate Layout
Generating a PDF Document
Generating Multiple Layouts
Updating a WebHelp Project
About Your HTML and WebHelp Projects
Project Background
Opening an Existing WebHelp Project
Confirming Primary Layout is WebHelp
Creating Folders
Creating a New Topic
Importing HTML Files
Importing Word Documents
Importing FrameMaker Files
Assigning a Default Topic
Generating Your WebHelp Layout
Customizing Your WebHelp Project
Creating a Font Set
Creating a New Style Sheet
Applying the Style Sheet to All Topics
Updating a Style Sheet
On-the-Fly Style Creation
Updating an Online Information Project
Opening an Existing HTML Help Project
Changing Window Properties
Changing the Window Caption
Adding a New Topic
Adding a Jump Button
Creating Folders
Importing Files
Accessing the TOC
Creating Books With No Links
Dragging Topics to Create Pages
Adding Related Topics Link Controls
See Also Overview
Implementing See Also Feature
See Also versus Related Topics
Adding See Also Keywords in the Index Designer
Associating Topics With the See Also Keywords
Adding See Also Controls to Topics
Duplicating See Also Controls
Adding Effects
Adding Dynamic HTML to an Image
Adding Dynamic HTML to Text
Adding Popups
Adding Text-Only Popups to Topics
Adding Popup Links to Topics
Resizing Popup Links to Topics
Creating a Drop-Down Hotspot
Creating Image Maps
Using Advanced DHTML Features
Adding a Positioned Text Box
Using Triggers and Targets to Create DHTML
Adding Sounds to Topics
Creating Browse Sequences
Defining Browse Sequences
Planning for Browse Sequences
Updating Window Properties
Automatically Creating Browse Sequences
Manually Creating Browse Sequences
Working With Version Control
Project Background
Describing the Benefits of Version Control
How Version Control Works
How Version Control Works in RoboHelp
Describing Strategies for Multi-Author Projects
Using the Version Control Toolbar
Adding a Project to Version Control
Editing a Checked Out File
Checking In an Edited File
Showing the History of Files
Showing the Differences Between Files
Rolling Back to a Previous Version of a File
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