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Gania
Gania
Inspiring
February 17, 2016
Answered

Shapes

  • February 17, 2016
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I don't think this is possible, but I might have missed it. Is there a way to add a shape within RoboHelp. I want to point out certain things within a document so I'd like to put a shape around it.

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Correct answer Captiv8r

Gania, after you get the image as you want it to be in Word, try simply screen capturing it as it appears there.

I think you will find it is a frustrating struggle to try and expect things to end up in RoboHelp as they are in Word. Remember, Word is intended for creating things to be printed while RoboHelp is intended for creating things to be viewed on screen.

Cheers... Rick

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KimberlyO
KimberlyO
Inspiring
February 17, 2016

Could you use a simple table with a border and perhaps shading? One column, one row. Although this is probably like the text box that Jeff is talking about (but I don't know how to use that). I use a single cell table to call attention to a specific block of text.

Captiv8r
Captiv8r
Legend
February 17, 2016

Can you expound on the steps required to accomplish that?

Sounds interesting but having a real problem visualizing it.

Thanks... Rick

KimberlyO
KimberlyO
Inspiring
February 17, 2016

Ooops... Rick!

I misunderstood the original post to need a shape (like an arrow) to point out something in the text or to highlight specific phrases with a box around it. I thought it was a block of text that needed attention drawn to it. We sometimes have mini topics within a topic. For example, a brief explanation of account masking in a topic for setting up account masking. Technically we aren't teaching accounting practices in our user guides or help.  So it's kind of like a sidebar, only within the page - not on the side.

Captiv8r
Captiv8r
Legend
February 17, 2016

Aside from using positioned text boxes, I don't think there is an easy way.

I'm guessing you don't want to screen capture the document, then mark up the capture as you likely still want to edit the document. Hmmm

Another approach might be to put the text in something like Windows Notepad and save as a TXT file. That way you could continue to edit later if you need to. Then if you were using something like TechSmith SnagIt, you could capture the Notepad file as an image. Mark it up as you like and save in two different formats. One format would be the .SNAG (to maintain the ability to edit the markup) and as your preferred image format (for use in RoboHelp).

Perhaps others have different and better ideas.

Cheers... Rick

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