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Tables of Contents for Robohelp for the Web
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Installing RoboHelp
1
23
Which RoboHelp Do You Need?
1
1
What's New in RoboHelp 2002?
2
2
Installing RoboHelp
4
16
Installing RoboHelp Office and RoboHelp Enterprise Author
4
1
Uninstalling Old Versions
4
8
Installing RoboEngine
12
4
Understanding Server Web Sites
16
2
What's the Difference between Database Options?
18
2
Using the Tutorials
20
1
Summary
21
2
Understanding Online Help
23
32
What is Online Help?
23
1
Advantages to Using Online Help
24
3
Disadvantages to Using Online Help
27
1
Ways You Can Use Online Help
28
2
Which Type of Online Help Should You Use?
30
6
WinHelp
30
1
HTML Help
31
1
WebHelp and WebHelp Enterprise
32
1
What's This? Help
33
1
JavaHelp
34
1
Oracle Help
35
1
Other Types of Online Help
36
1
Planning Your Online Help System
36
17
Why is It Important to Plan Your Online Help?
36
1
Creating a Documentation Plan
37
1
Executive Summary
38
1
Executive Outline
38
1
Overview
39
5
Marketing Information
44
1
Production Information
45
2
Staffing
47
1
Schedule
48
3
Estimating Schedules
51
1
Detailed Outline
51
1
How to Use a Documentation Plan
51
2
Summary
53
2
Getting Started with RoboHelp HTML
55
14
Starting RoboHelp HTML
55
4
Using the RoboHelp Starter
55
3
Using the RoboHelp Starter from within RoboHelp
58
1
Understanding the RoboHelp HTML Window
59
5
Left Pane - Tools
59
2
Right Pane - Project
61
1
Menu Bar and Toolbars
62
2
Customizing the RoboHelp HTML Main Window Settings
64
4
Adjusting the Panes
64
1
Changing the Toolbar Display
65
1
Displaying Topic Preview
65
2
Specifying an HTML Editor
67
1
Summary
68
1
Creating Your First RoboHelp HTML Project
69
12
Starting a RoboHelp HTML Project
69
1
Adding Content to a Topic Page
70
3
Adding Topics
71
2
Connecting the Topics with Links
73
3
Adding a Link
73
3
Viewing Links
76
1
Testing Your Help Project
76
4
Preview the Individual Topic
77
2
Quick Generate the Entire Project
79
1
Summary
80
1
Linking Topics Together
81
28
Adding a Text, Image, or Popup Link
82
4
Adding a Text-only Popup
86
1
Adding an Image Map
87
2
Adding Link Controls
89
9
Preparing Topics for Link Controls
90
1
Adding See Also Keywords to Topics
90
2
Adding Index Keywords to Topics
92
1
Creating Link Controls
93
5
Adding an Expanding or Drop-down Link
98
3
Using the Link View
100
1
Adding Links with ActiveX Controls
101
6
Inserting a Shortcut Link
102
2
Inserting a Link to a WinHelp Topic
104
2
Closing a Window or Displaying Version Information with ActiveX Controls
106
1
Summary
107
2
Formatting Text, Paragraphs, and Topic Pages
109
22
Planning Your Formats
109
1
Formatting Text
109
18
Specifying Character Formats
110
1
Using the Formatting Menu Bar to Specify Character Formats
111
3
Using the Font Window to Specify Character Formats
114
1
Creating Font Sets
115
2
Specifying Paragraph Formats
117
1
Using the Formatting Menu Bar to Specify Paragraph Formats
117
2
Using Format Windows to Specify Paragraph Formats
119
4
Using Embedded Styles and Style Sheets
123
4
Formatting Topic Pages
127
3
Specifying Topic Borders and Shading
127
2
Using Headers and Footers
129
1
Creating and Editing Headers and Footers
129
1
Summary
130
1
Using Lists and Tables
131
24
Bulleted and Numbered Lists
131
8
Creating Bulleted Lists
132
1
Creating Bulleted Lists with the Menu Bar Icons
132
1
Creating or Modifying Bulleted Lists with the Bulleted List Format Window
133
2
Creating Numbered Lists
135
1
Creating Numbered Lists with the Menu Bar Icons
135
1
Creating or Modifying Numbered Lists with the Numbered List Format Window
136
1
Creating a Reusable List Style
137
2
Tables
139
15
Creating Tables
139
1
Creating Tables with the Menu Bar Icon
139
2
Creating Tables with the Table Menu
141
2
Formatting Tables
143
1
Working with Rows and Columns
143
3
Changing Row and Column Size
146
3
Adding Table Borders
149
3
Adding Table Shading
152
2
Summary
154
1
Adding Images and Special Effects to RoboHelp HTML Files
155
28
Working with Images
155
11
Preparing Images
155
1
Size
155
1
Colors
155
1
Format
156
1
Inserting Images into Your Project
156
2
Editing an Image in the Image Window
158
3
Images Report
161
1
Using the RoboHelp Office Image Tools
162
1
Finding Images on Your System with the Graphics Locator Tool
162
2
Changing Image Size and Format with the ReSize Tool
164
2
Inserting Special Effects
166
16
Adding Multimedia
167
1
Adding Background Sounds
167
1
Inserting a Sound or Movie File into a Topic
168
3
Inserting a Link to a Sound or Movie File
171
1
Adding a Marquee
172
3
Adding DHTML Effects
175
2
Adding a Basic DHTML Effect
177
3
Using Triggers with DHTML Effects
180
1
Adding a Splash Screen
181
1
Summary
182
1
Getting Organized Using Folders, Tables of Contents, and Indexing Tools
183
26
Working with Project Folders
183
7
Creating a New File Folder
185
2
Removing Folders
187
3
Using the RoboHelp HTML Multi-File Find and Replace Tool
190
1
Organizing Information for the User
190
17
Working with a Table of Contents
190
1
Creating a Table of Contents
190
2
Editing a Table of Contents
192
2
Creating an Index
194
1
Adding Keywords in the Index Tab
195
1
Adding Keywords with Smart Index
195
4
Specifying Custom Index Settings
199
2
Adding Keywords to Individual Topics
201
1
Creating a Multilevel Index
202
5
Embedding Navigation in a Topic
207
1
Summary
207
2
Maintaining Consistency with Templates and Skins
209
34
Working with Templates
209
10
Creating Topic Templates
210
1
Creating a New Template from the Templates Folder
210
3
Creating a Template from an Existing Topic
213
1
Importing Templates
214
2
Using Templates
216
1
Creating New Topics with a Template
216
1
Applying Templates to Existing Topics
217
2
Working with Skins
219
20
Customizing a RoboHelp HTML Skin
220
1
Opening, Viewing, and Saving a Skin
220
3
Changing the Main Toolbar Elements with the Skin Editor
223
4
Changing the Navigation Toolbar Elements with the Skin Editor
227
2
Changing the Colors and Fonts on the Toolbars
229
2
Changing the Body of the Left-hand Pane with the Skin Editor
231
3
Importing and Exporting Skins
234
1
Saving a Skin to the Gallery
234
1
Exporting a Skin to a Central Location
235
1
Importing a Skin from a Central Location
235
2
Importing a Skin from the eHelp Online Help Community
237
2
Working with Custom Colors
239
2
Creating Custom Colors
239
1
Adding a Custom Color to the Drop-Down Menu
240
1
Summary
241
2
Using Windows in RoboHelp HTML
243
18
Working with Microsoft HTML Help Windows
244
10
Creating and Editing a Custom Microsoft HTML Help Window
244
1
Specifying HTML Help Window Name, Caption, and Location
244
3
Specifying HTML Help Window Tri-Pane Options
247
4
Displaying Topics in Custom Windows
251
1
Specifying the Default HTML Help Window
251
1
Specifying Contents Windows for HTML Help
252
1
Specifying Index Windows for HTML Help
253
1
Working with WebHelp Enterprise Windows
254
6
Specifying WebHelp Enterprise Window Name, Caption, and Location
255
2
Specifying WebHelp Enterprise Window Options
257
3
Summary
260
1
Creating Context-Sensitive Help
261
30
Working with Developers
261
1
Creating Context-Sensitive Help for Microsoft HTML Help Output
262
24
Creating Window-Level Topics for HTML Help
262
2
Creating Map IDs and Assigning Aliases in RoboHelp HTML
264
1
Importing Map Files into RoboHelp HTML
265
3
Editing Context-Sensitive Files
268
1
Removing Context-Sensitive Help Links
269
2
Creating Field-Level Topics for HTML Help
271
1
Using the What's This? Help Composer
272
12
Manually Creating Field-Level Topics for HTML Help
284
2
Notes for Developers
286
1
Creating Context-Sensitive Help for WebHelp and WebHelp Enterprise Output
286
3
Notes for Developers
288
1
Summary
289
2
Creating Forms
291
18
Designing a Form
292
1
Creating a Form
292
16
Inserting Form Elements
293
4
Specifying Element Properties
297
1
Specifying Text Field Properties
297
1
Specifying Multi-line Text Field Properties
298
1
Specifying Radio Button and Check Box Properties
299
2
Specifying Drop-down Menu Properties
301
2
Specifying Button Properties
303
2
Specifying Form Properties
305
2
A Few Words about CGI Scripts
307
1
Summary
308
1
Using Frames and Framesets
309
14
Designing a Frameset
310
1
Creating a Frameset
311
4
Specifying Frameset Attributes
311
2
Working with a Frameset
313
1
Previewing a Frameset
314
1
Displaying Topics in the Frameset
315
7
Creating Links that Open a Topic in a Frame
315
1
Opening a Topic in a Frame with a Hyperlink
315
1
Opening a Topic in a Frame from the TOC
316
1
Opening a Topic in a Frame from an Index Entry
317
1
Opening a Frameset
318
1
Opening a Frameset with a Hyperlink
318
1
Opening a Frameset from the TOC
319
1
Opening a Frameset from an Index Entry
320
1
Setting a Frameset as the Default Topic
321
1
Summary
322
1
Using Other RoboHelp Tools
323
16
Finding HTML Help Files and Components
323
3
Using the Find HTML Help Files Tool
324
1
Using the Find HTML Help Components Tool
325
1
Registering and Unregistering HTML Help Files
326
1
Registering .chm Files
326
1
Decompiling WinHelp to Create Source Files
327
3
Decompiling HTML Help to Create Source Files
330
1
Software Video Camera
331
6
Setting the Software Video Camera Options
332
2
Setting the Capture Region
334
1
Recording Videos
335
1
Viewing Videos
335
2
Summary
337
2
Creating WebHelp Enterprise
339
32
Why You Should Use WebHelp Enterprise
339
1
What You Need to Use WebHelp Enterprise
339
1
Getting Ready to Publish WebHelp Enterprise
340
3
Setting the Primary Target
341
1
Connecting to the Server
342
1
Publishing WebHelp Enterprise
343
3
Copying WebHelp and WebHelp Enterprise to Other Locations
346
4
Viewing WebHelp Enterprise
350
2
Fine-Tuning the RoboEngine
352
5
Using Natural Language Search
357
5
Using the WebHelp Enterprise Reports
362
7
The Unanswered Questions Report
364
1
The Frequently Asked Questions Report
365
1
The Areas Requiring Support Report
366
1
The Frequently Viewed Content Report
366
1
The Usage Statistics Report
367
1
The Unanswered Questions Trend Report
368
1
The Help System Errors Report
369
1
Summary
369
2
Developing Large Online Help Projects
371
18
Using Build Tags
371
6
Using Browse Sequences
377
6
Managing Online Help Projects
383
5
Creating a Plan
383
1
Establishing Standards
383
1
Backing Up Your Files
383
2
Using a Source Control System
385
1
Tracking Topic Status
385
2
Releasing the Finished Online Help
387
1
Closing the Project
387
1
Summary
388
1
Appendix A File Extensions
389
4
Appendix B Reports
393
22
Broken Links Report
394
1
Duplicate Map IDs Report
394
1
External Topics Report
395
1
Glossary Report
396
1
Images Report
397
1
Index Report
398
2
Map IDs Report
400
1
Project Status Report
401
1
See Also Report
402
1
Style Sheet Report
403
1
Table of Contents Report
404
1
Topic Properties Report
405
2
Topic References Report
407
1
Topics by Priority Report
408
1
Unreferenced Topics Report
409
1
Unused Files Report
410
1
Unused Index Keywords Report
411
1
Used Files Report
412
3
Index
415