> I do suppose there is always the option of continuing to
author using RoboHelp for Word. After all, you may use this
> to produce HTML Help and WebHelp outputs too. But if you
are creating HTML outputs you may as well be using a
> tool created to work with such files, no?
With all due respect, Rick (and much is indeed due in the
right contexts) this doesn't help the original poster. The tabs
issue is as you point out a quirk of the HTML world, and the only
benefit of moving to an HTML editor in that respect is to make it
apparent up front that tabs can't be handled sensibly. As you say,
get used to it - if you are using HTML-based output, you can't line
things up with tabs. You can use tables, but that's a major editing
operation with 2500 topics whatever tool you are using to write the
help. I suppose the dignity of the problem depends on how important
the lining up is in the final output.
I may be reactionary, but I stick to Robohelp for Word even
when I am generating Webhelp format. Sure, there are drawbacks, but
IMHO Word offers a vastly superior authoring environment to
one-topic-at-a-time HTML editors. The HTML editor might be a tool
created to work with HTML files, but that doesn't automatically
mean it's a good tool for the job.