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Anonymous
May 28, 2015
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Replace an entire topic

  • May 28, 2015
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Can I update/replace an entire topic somehow?

Background: I have a word main doc with links to sub-docs. For RH usage all sub-docs have to be merged to one main word-file (otherwise RH reports an error) before. Then I import the big main wordfile into RH which creates all topics (and images, index,..).

If I later want to change just one sub-doc I have to redo all the previous steps?!

How can I import just such a sub-doc to RH and then replace in the main-RH file (including all the image, links)?

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Willam van Weelden
Willam van Weelden
Inspiring
May 29, 2015

You can link (not import) each individual document in RoboHelp. Whenever one of the documents changes, you can simply regenerate the topics.

I don't believe sub-docs are supported by RH and I doubt they will ever be. Sub-docs are a fool proof way of corrupting Word documents, but perhaps MS changed that in the 2013 version. Personally, I would always advise against sub-docs. If you need this kind of flexibility, I would recommend taking a look at FrameMaker.

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Anonymous
May 31, 2015

Will the "RH linkage" also consider index and toc entries? I never tried before.

If you write >800 pages of documentation, sub-docs are the only way to keep things fast and stabe in word. I use this sub-doc procedure since >15 years with different authors and translation

offices.

Willam van Weelden
Willam van Weelden
Inspiring
June 1, 2015

You can convert the index and TOC as well. It's a bit more hidden because you first link the document and then choose to convert the index/toc.

I know the pain of long documents in Word. If you have no problems with subdocuments, you're either extremely good with Word or extremely lucky! I hope for the first. Personally, I live by the advice given here: http://www.addbalance.com/word/masterdocuments.htm

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