how flexible is robohelp with design.

Wow, what a loaded question!

"Design" is really all in the eye of the beholder, no? I mean, some folks will look at something and proclaim it as the most moving piece of design they have ever seen while others look at the same exact thing and yawn, possibly wondering what drugs the designer was taking when it was created.

Unfortunately, with "help", we see nothing but conflict. Ask around. It's the absolute LAST place folks want to find themselves. Many think it's an admission of defeat to have to resort to using help. And many have had nothing but bad experiences with help being, well... less than helpful. So they are reluctant to use it.

It may be helpful if you were able to articulate exactly what you dislike about what RoboHelp creates and tell us how you plan on using the output. That might spawn some thoughts as to what you could do or try.

Cheers... Rick