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Anonymous
June 18, 2009
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Is it possible to add automatic insertions in a RH 7 template?

  • June 18, 2009
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I'm new to RoboHelp and to HTML altogether, but learning quickly. I'm developing a help system with both General help and How to's. I was wondering if it possible to add automatic insertions in a RoboHelp HTML 7 template, as you would in a Word .dot with macros, or if I need to repeat creating tables and numbered steps all the time.

Your support is greatly appreciated.

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Captiv8r
Captiv8r
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June 18, 2009

Hi there

Okay, you have me.

Can you please articulate what you mean by an "automatic insertion"?

Perhaps provide a basic step-by-step of how it works in Word? I personally don't use Word all that often so am really struggling to understand what exactly you are referring to!

Cheers... Rick

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Anonymous
June 18, 2009

Thanks for your quick reply! Funny I just finished going through your RoboHelp HTML 7 Early Bird Dinner. I'm not that familiar with the step-by-step process, but basically, in Word, you can create a template table (such as 2-column Field name & Description) or such and configure it so it can be automatically inserted when clicking a button. It's useful when you need to use the same table, sentence, image, over and over. 

Does this help?

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Anonymous
June 19, 2009

Hi again

Okay, clearer now what you need to accomplish.

You could take a couple of approaches.

Approach one - Create a topic and define a table. Configure as you would like to see it. Then when you need it, you open the topic containing the table, copy it and paste it where you need to use it.

Approach two - Create a Table Template. Instructions for this are found on fellow Adobe Community Expert Peter Grainge's site at the link below.

Click here to visit Peter's site

Cheers... Rick


Good Morning!

Thank you so much! One of Peter Grainge's method's (using Macro Express) will be perfect. Between all the tables I need to create, none have same-size columns and cells. And since there are other types of auto-insertions (text, numbered steps, etc.) the macros will accomplish all that.

Thank you again for all your help. Have a nice day,

Nath

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