out of order chapters in RH

i think i will need some one to one help just to make sure it turns out all right but in the meantime, i generated a primary layout but alot of the formatting is different (font, poisitoning etc). not sure where that went wrong. i guess thats the prob with editing in word?

i appreciate that, i know i do need some but am compiling the helpfile in word at the moment. so my line of thinking was just been able to understand how to upload into RH and then produce the .chm. i guess there might be a little more to it than that though

thanks

You create a CHM file by compiling the list of topics. This generates the CHM file. You will see a folder in your project called "Single Source layouts". In there is a layout called "Microsoft HTML Help" and this is what is used to create a CHM file. Try double clicking on this using the default setting and see what you get.

BTW I hope you take this the right way but it sounds like you need some training. We don't mind answering your questions here but for your own peace of mind it might be worth seeing if you can get some.

they require chm output. how do i get that in a single file?

thanks

Depends on what they want. You have a project which is single source. That means it can generate a variety of outputs. Which one is required will depend on what your developers want so you need to ask them that question. When you know what output is required, we can help you.

If the help is to be installed on end users PCs, the answer should be Microsoft HTML help and if it is to be on a server, it could be webhelp or flashhelp.

hi,

the word doc that i have compiled i aim to load into RH and then produce a file that i can give to my product department so that they can embed as a helpfile into a piece of software.

what end file do i send them for this to happen?

hi there,

yes i can confirm that i did all of the above. any other ideas?

Can you confirm that you:
a) saved the word document before imported.
b) deleted the old word document from your RH project.
c) are looking at the correct output location.

done that but hasnt made a difference

My guess would be to accept/reject the changes in your word document before you import it.