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Office 2010 and RoboHELP 8.0.2

  • March 7, 2011
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Hi everyone,

Current I'm running RH8.0.2 and office 2007. The RH version we use is the RH HTML variant and we do not export to word from the RH menu but when I do need to create word output it's done by copy and paste from the compiled webhelp output. Also note that we use TFS for source control.

Bearing this in mind is there any reason why I can't install Office 2010 and continue to run RH 8.0.2?

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    Correct answer Peter Grainge

    Word 2010 does not work with RoboHelp 8 so you will not be able to import or export.

    You don't need to export (which I take to include generating PDFs) so if you don't need to import, you should be OK. Not sure how / if import would work with 2010 installed.

    Having the two on the same machine is not an issue, it's getting them to talk to each other that is the problem.

    See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    March 7, 2011

    Word 2010 does not work with RoboHelp 8 so you will not be able to import or export.

    You don't need to export (which I take to include generating PDFs) so if you don't need to import, you should be OK. Not sure how / if import would work with 2010 installed.

    Having the two on the same machine is not an issue, it's getting them to talk to each other that is the problem.

    See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

    @petergrainge

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    Peter Grainge
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    March 7, 2011

    BTW - RoboHelp 9 supports Word 2010 and the upgrade is at a lower than previous versions upgrade for RoboHelp 8 users.

    It might be worth upgrading for other reasons.

    See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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    Peter Grainge
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    March 8, 2011

    With regard to a potential upgrade to RoboHELP 9:

    1. How will this affect my current help projects under TFS revision control?
    2. Are there any style issues such as those I encountered with numbered steps going from RH6 to RH8? To fix that issue I has to create new paragraph styles using RH8's way of doing things for stepped instructions. I'm anxious to avoid doing so again. javascript:;
    3. Does RH9 require any downloads to run TFS or registry mods as was the case with RH8?

    XHTML and XML are not the same thing.

    RoboHelp us XHTML while, as I understand it, Flare holds its source files in XML format and generates XHTML for the output. Unless you have already identified a need for having the source in XML, why worry?

    The numbering issues were a one off when upgrading to RoboHelp 8.

    I cannot help you on the TFS questions.

    See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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