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Anonymous
October 3, 2011
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Can I use Robohelp as an XML editor?

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Can I use Robohelp 9 stand-alone application as a "pure" xml editor/platform? (no Framemaker integration). No XHTML topics. Just pure DITA xml topics (.xml files) and single-source them to CHM and PDF.

If so, please direct me to "how to" information about how to set up robohelp 9 as an XML production platform.

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Anonymous
October 4, 2011

I contacted Tom Aldous by email and here is his answer:

"RoboHelp is an XHTML editor. You can edit, create and publish DITA XML in FrameMaker 10 and it will use RoboHelp to publish (under the covers)."

Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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October 3, 2011

All I can do is point you to these two blogs from Tom Aldous.

http://tmaldous.com/2011/04/20/adobe-robohelp-9-a-real-xml-editor/

http://tmaldous.com/2011/04/22/adobe-robohelp-9-a-real-xml-xhtml-editor-part-2/

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

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Anonymous
October 3, 2011

Thank you, however, I viewed that information before asking my question in the forum. I find Tom's discussion confusing because he indicates Robohelp is a "real" xml editor, but then he seems to backtrack and indicate it's an XHTML editor (tags are HTML not XML) and you need Framemaker as the XML platform. Maybe I am misunderstanding what he is trying to communicate.

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