Question
Importing Word docs from a RH for Word project
I have a HUGE RH for Word project that I'm trying to convert
to RHTML (RH Office X5). We generate CHM with this project, and
we've got map ids for all topics. I've been to Peter Grainge's site
to get some ideas, but I don't think they're going to work. There
are so many Word files and topics (537 and 2,974, respectively)
that the more I think about it, the more I think that a conversion
to RH HTML might not be worth it.
When I tried to import all of the Word documents and also convert the TOC (converting the Index isn't an option since it never worked with our large number of Word docs) and use the HTMLHelp.css (using the Import wizard), RH HTML crashed twice after 40 minutes.
So, I created a new RH HTML project and tried to import just one Word doc from the RH for Word project, and selected the same wizard options. As I expected, the Word doc imported, but even though I told RH to split the topics on Heading 2, it also copied in the characters (#S+@) that preceded every topic heading and incorporated them into the Topic Title. AND, RH HTML did not "convert" the TOC - it was blank.
In another post I saw a reference to this patch - http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-10.html. I'm not sure it's related, although when I examined my second failed import attempt, the imported topics were visible in the project folder only by using Windows Explorer - RoboHelp HTML did not display them from within RoboHelp.
Does anyone know if this is the patch that will fix this issue as well?
By the way, based on the number of questions I've seen posted about RH for Word 7 with zero replies, I'm thinking I'm going to run into issues as well, even if we leave it in RH for Word when we upgrade to version 7. It seems that its size is an issue for RH HTML.
Thanks,
Jim
Thanks,
Jim
When I tried to import all of the Word documents and also convert the TOC (converting the Index isn't an option since it never worked with our large number of Word docs) and use the HTMLHelp.css (using the Import wizard), RH HTML crashed twice after 40 minutes.
So, I created a new RH HTML project and tried to import just one Word doc from the RH for Word project, and selected the same wizard options. As I expected, the Word doc imported, but even though I told RH to split the topics on Heading 2, it also copied in the characters (#S+@) that preceded every topic heading and incorporated them into the Topic Title. AND, RH HTML did not "convert" the TOC - it was blank.
In another post I saw a reference to this patch - http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-10.html. I'm not sure it's related, although when I examined my second failed import attempt, the imported topics were visible in the project folder only by using Windows Explorer - RoboHelp HTML did not display them from within RoboHelp.
Does anyone know if this is the patch that will fix this issue as well?
By the way, based on the number of questions I've seen posted about RH for Word 7 with zero replies, I'm thinking I'm going to run into issues as well, even if we leave it in RH for Word when we upgrade to version 7. It seems that its size is an issue for RH HTML.
Thanks,
Jim
Thanks,
Jim
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