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March 9, 2011
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Publishing to a network drive

  • March 9, 2011
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I guess my question is: Is this okay? I want the project easily available to many people. How do I do this? I tried to change the Output Folder and Start Page in the Output Properties, but it took a long time to publish and looked odd, i.e., two buttons for each navigation. Any ideas?

Janice

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    Peter Grainge
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    March 9, 2011

    The output folder is where you generate to. You do not use it for publishing. That is achieved by setting up a publish location in the last page of the wizard or simply copying the generated output to the publish location. The generate location must be local.

    See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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    jbusheAuthor
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    March 9, 2011

    Thanks Peter. This confirms what I thought was the case. However, when I

    specified a location on the last page of the wizard, it didn't do

    anything. Nothing appeared in the folder. ? Maybe I'll try a different

    one.

    And while I have you on the line, do we need RoboHelp Server for version

    control? I'm really unfamiliar with RH Server. Can you give me a quick

    what-it-is and why-we-should-use-it??

    Janice E. Bushe

    Technical Writer

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    Peter Grainge <forums@adobe.com>

    03/09/2011 02:07 PM

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    Publishing to a network drive

    The output folder is where you generate to. You do not use it for

    publishing. That is achieved by setting up a publish location in the last

    page of the wizard or simply copying the generated output to the publish

    location. The generate location must be local.

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    johndaigle
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    March 9, 2011

    Hi Janice and welcome to the Forums

    • RoboHelp Server 9 is an optional web server  database application that provides the author with feedback reports on  how users use your help. In this way, you can use the feedback to  constantly improve your content. It also provides high levels of  security and access to content if this is desired. Specifically, RH  Server by itself, does not provide source control, RoboSource Control is  used for that.
    • RoboSource Control is a  free version control database application that comes with RoboHelp out  of the box. It allows for multiple authors to work on the same projects -  check in and check out files, etc.

    So, these are mutually exclusive. Some folks use one or both, depending upon their needs.

    For more, you should download the Reviewers Guides for the new RoboHelp 9. Peter Grainge has a nice portal to them here:

    http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/rh9/rh9.htm


    John Daigle
    Adobe Certified RoboHelp and Captivate Instructor
    Evergreen, Colorado
    www.showmethedemo.com

    John DaigleAdobe Certified RoboHelp and Captivate InstructorNewport, Oregon
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