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Jenny_13341334
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April 28, 2014
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Change font size dynamically in generated WebHelp?

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I produce WebHep using RH 10 (tho I'll be updating to RH11 in a day or two). I've been asked to research a question and I hope you folks can help.

I document a platform that has recently incorporated functionality to support accessibitiy. The user can select colors and font sizes.

The accessibility settings are set per computer per site in cookies.

Is there a way to change font size in a generated WebHelp file? I am almost certain that it can't be done, and  I am sure that implementing this is way above my pay grade, but I would like to know if it's possible. For example, if a user sets the font size to X, the font size in the generate help file updates to X.

Thanks for your help.

Jenny

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Jeff_Coatsworth
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Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
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April 28, 2014

You might find some way of doing this with Responsive HTML5 help

Willam van Weelden
Willam van Weelden
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April 30, 2014

You can do this in all html outputs, but it depends on what you want to

change. The WebHelp skin is hard to change, especially if you want to

change everything dynamically. I'd say several days of work at least.

And that's when you know where to look. That is easier in the HTML5

outputs. There you can just change the base font size to blow everything

up (though the layouts are optimized for a specific basic font size).

If you want to change the size of your content only, it becomes much

easier. It does require your style sheet to use relative measures though

and RoboHelp by default doesn't use that. But it's doable.

This is a project in which your CSS must be optimized and the required

JavaScript must be added to your output. (Google it, you'll find tons of

examples. They just need to be modified to work with RH.)

Kind regards,

Willam

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Jenny_13341334Author
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April 30, 2014

Thank you for your help William.

Just to be clear, pursuing this line of research could eventually lead to this outcome:

1. User A on machine A chooses font size and color settings in our product and saves settings as Config A.

2. User A accesses the WebHelp (installed with our product on an application server).

3. User A sees the help content in a relative size related to the setting in Config A (lbig, biggger, etc.)

1. User B on machine B chooses font size and color settings in our product and saves settings as Config B.

2. User B accesses the WebHelp (installed with our product on an application server).

3. User B sees the help content in a relative size related to the setting in Config B (lbig, biggger).

Config settings in our product are tied to user Id, machine user is logged in to, and installation of the product (It's set as a cookie).

Sorry if I wasn't clearer before.

Anyway, is it possible for a developer to figure this out, or is this beyond RH's generated WebHelp capabilities?

Again, thanks for your help.

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