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Import .docx menu document and generate a help menu based on the .docx

  • September 8, 2020
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Hi, Peter,

 

I'm trying to import .docx menu document and generate a help menu based on the .docx.

 

The import process: 

I chose the following:

Convert references to hperlinks

Convert table of contents

Convert index

 

Then used webhelp to CHM to generate CHM file.

Although it has the table of contents and hypger link, the index and search function don't work.

 

Would you please help me out ?

 

Thanks,

 

Lily

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    Jeff_Coatsworth
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 9, 2020

    They would be wrong - I'm just updating a copy of mine right now & it's doing  14.0.14 right now.

    Lily5FFCAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    September 9, 2020

    My IT person did take a look at the version.

    The next update is RoboHelp 2020.

    We have the RoboHelp2019 the last update.

    Even if he run as admininstrator, the update is grey, which means there is no update?

    Anyway he is saying I have the latest version of Robohelp 2019 classic.

    What are the options to choose when generating webhelp?  What is index supposed to be searchable?

    Can I show you what I'm seeing?

    How would the search function work?  when type in a word, my document title comes up.  On the right pane, scroll down, can see multiple highlights for the word, but not in the left pane for the finding results which I'm expecting.

    This is really hard for you to understand what I'm seeing.

    Is there any way to be visually available for effective trouble shooting?

    Thanks,

     

    Lily

    Lily5FFCAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    September 9, 2020

    My IT person told me I was on the lastest version of Robohelp Classic.  He used Admin right, there is no more update available.

    So what's next? 

    Is there any selection I didn't do to cause the index and search feature not working?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Lily

    Peter Grainge
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 9, 2020

    It updates both versions. What is Classic showing? Was the update applied by someone with admin rights?

     

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    Lily5FFCAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    September 9, 2020

    what I need is RoboHelp Classic 2019 update.

    The link I got seems to update Robohelp, which has totally different GUI interface which is not the RoboHelp Classice I'm using.  Do you have the link for Robohelp Classic please?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Lily

    Jeff_Coatsworth
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 9, 2020

    Ok, you're a few behind - get your IT people in to run the updater process - if they can't enable it within the software, go to https://www.adobe.com/support/robohelp/downloads.html and download the patch.

    Lily5FFCAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    September 9, 2020

    This is my version

    Jeff_Coatsworth
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 9, 2020

    Well, if the WebHelp output isn't working, then the CHM coming out of the convertor script won't have any chance to work either! Better to have a look at what's going on in the RH project first before looking at the output. What point version of RH2019 are you running? There have been 14 patches issued.

    Lily5FFCAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    September 9, 2020

    WebHelp output doesn't have a working index and search feature.  

    My update option is disabled since it is corporte license.

    What patches need to be updated?

    Thanks,

    Lily

    Jeff_Coatsworth
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 9, 2020

    Did the WebHelp output have a working index and search feature? Are you all patched up? Check Help > Updates to check.