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NorthernGirl
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January 15, 2016
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How to link to a external document that contains bookmarks

  • January 15, 2016
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Sorry, I put my question in the wrong forum

I'm working in Robohelp 8 and I have an existing Robohelp that I'm modifying.

I have been provided a WORD document that's approximately 72 pages which has a table of contents that has bookmarks.

I tried to setup a link to each topic that were bookmarked but it does not seem to work.   The previous link that I had setup in my Robohelp project, seems to take on the next link for a different topic that I had selected from the WORD document.

Can this be done?

Please advise.

thanks

Sharon.

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Captiv8r
Captiv8r
Brainiac
January 15, 2016

Hi there

Something tells me you may be new to RoboHelp. Would that be a fair and accurate statement?

Note that RoboHelp version 8 is pretty long in the tooth. It's five versions behind the currently shipping version. But depending on what you are creating, it may still work just fine.

Many things are possible but we need more information. For example, what exactly have you done with the Word document you have been given? Did you import or link it in RoboHelp?

You said you "tried to setup a link to each topic that were bookmarked but it does not seem to work.". How exactly did you try to create these links?

What kind of output are you going to be producing? Microsoft HTML Help (CHM) file? WebHelp?

Cheers... Rick

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NorthernGirlAuthor
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January 18, 2016

The document that I’m attempting to link to for each Robohelpt Topic will be residing on our Ministry INTRANET website server.  The document was created in WORD and saved in PDF format.  This document contains approximately 72 pages and within this document are Topics which are bookmarked.    There is a Table of Contents for each of the Topics that I need to link to.

I’m not importing the whole document into my Robohelp project, I’m want to add hyperlinks from that document into my Robohelp project.  I’ve tried but it appears not to be working.  When I have added a hyperlink to a previous Topic and then move onto the another to add a hyperlink, the previous Topic takes on the hyperlink of the next Topic.

I’ve used Robohelp to create our HELP for our MINISTRY application.  I don’t use Robohelp everyday so my skills are pretty basic.  I started using Robohelp from version 5 to create the initial HELP for our Ministry application.  The Ministry application is upgraded every 10 years so I don’t do much changes to it.

I know how to import documents, images, add URLs, modify the HTML code within each Topic, I know enough but I’m stumped with this document.  Is this possible with Robohelp 8?  Or is there a newer version that will allow for this to work?

Please advise.

Your help is much appreciated.

thanks

Sharon Restoule

Senior Systems Analyst/Programmer

Justice Technology Services

Sharon RestouleSenior Systems Analyst/ProgrammerMinistry of Solicitor General and Correctional Services
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NorthernGirlAuthor
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January 18, 2016

I believe those steps have to be done outside of RoboHelp while manipulating the PDF document. You may well be out of luck if you cannot make edits to the PDF.

Cheers... Rick


Thanks anyways.  I thought I would ask the experts first.

Have a wonderful day.

Sharon Restoule

Senior Systems Analyst/Programmer

Justice Technology Services

Sharon RestouleSenior Systems Analyst/ProgrammerMinistry of Solicitor General and Correctional Services
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