RoboHelp Training Overview
Accelebrate's private, online or onsite, RoboHelp 2020 training course teaches attendees how to create and deliver attractive and functional online user assistance projects, including how-to manuals, policy documents, procedure guides, help desk content, and more.
Location and Pricing
Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.
In addition, we offer some courses as live, instructor-led online classes for individuals.
Objectives
- Create new RoboHelp projects and topics from scratch
- Import content from Microsoft Word and HTML files
- Enhance topics with graphics, and interactive multimedia (using e-learning content created in Adobe Captivate)
- Improve the navigation of your content by adding hyperlinks, indexes, and glossaries
- Increase your production efficiency by learning about cascading style sheets, variables, snippets, and master pages
- Control the look of final output via Skins and presets
- Deliver content that can be consumed on any kind of device including desktops, laptop, smartphones, and tablets using output such as Responsive HTML5, WebHelp, HTMLHelp, and even eBooks
Prerequisites
No prior experience is presumed.
Outline
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Introduction to Adobe RoboHelp
- Open an Existing Project
- Explore Project Content
- Create, Edit, and Delete a Topic
- Explore a TOC and an Index
- Generate HTML Help
- Generate Responsive HTML5
- Generate a Print Version of the Help System
- Output an eBook
Creating Projects
- Create a Blank Project
- Create a New Topic
- Rename and Delete Topics
- Import HTML Files
- Import Word Documents
- Edit Text Formatting in Source View
Project Structure, TOCs, and Styles
- Create Project Folders
- Create a TOC Book
- Auto-Create a TOC
- Edit Book Names and Reorder Pages in a TOC
- Attach a Style Sheet to a Topic
- Apply Paragraph Styles
- Create a Style Sheet
- Remove and Apply a Style Sheet
- Create and Apply a Character Style
- Format a Bulleted List
Linking
- Link to a Word Document
- Insert Links
- Insert Bookmarks
- Insert Auto-Sizing Popups
Images and Multimedia
- Insert an Image
- Add Alternate Text and an Image Title
- Add Hotspots to a Graphic
- Import Captivate Demos into a Project
- Insert Captivate Demos into Topics
- Create Drop-Down Text
Tags, Expressions, and Variables
- Create a Condition Tag
- Apply a Condition Tag
- Create a Condition Expression
- Apply Topic-Level Tags
- Create Dynamic Content Filters
- Create a Variable
- Work With Snippets
Tables, Indexes, Search, and Glossaries
- Insert a Table
- Work With Table Styles
- Add Index Keywords from Within a Topic
- Edit Multiple Topic Properties
- Create a See Also Keyword
- Insert a See Also Placeholder into a Topic
- Add Custom Search Terms
- Add a Search Synonym
- Add Glossary Terms
Skins and Master Pages
- Add a Favicon and Select a Default Topic
- Modify a Home Page Tile Image
- Change the Logo Used on the Home Page
- Create a Master Page
- Edit a Master Page
Windows, Browsing, and Context Sensitive Help (CSH)
- Create a Custom Window
- Create a Browse Sequence
- Test an API Call for Help
- Publish an Output
- Review CSH Source Code
- Create a Map File and Assign Map IDs
Conclusion
Training Materials
All attendees receive comprehensive courseware covering all topics in the course.
Software Requirements
- A recent version of Windows or macOS, with at least 8 GB RAM
- Web browsers: a recent version of Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, or Safari
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe RoboHelp 2020 or later
- Optionally, we can also cover interaction with Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Captivate, or Microsoft SharePoint
