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Anonymous

Question

When editing text, can you follow links to the destination topic?

Forum|Forum|18 years ago
June 28, 2007
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I'm starting the conversion of a large WinHelp project to HTMLHelp, so sorry for the newb question.
When using the editor, is there a quick way to follow a hyperlink. so you can edit the text in that topic quickly? I'm used to this functionality in FrameMaker and several HTML editors, but the keys I'm used to using for this aren't mapped for this functionality in RoboHelp and I can't find mention of it in the help file, so I'm not sure if I can do it. (I hope I can.)

Thanks for the help,
- Tom

HTML

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Anonymous

Yes, that option is marked.

Peter Grainge

Community Expert

Have you tried ticking the Save without Prompt option. Not something I like but it might suit you.

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Anonymous

Ok, that rocks. It's going to completely change my editing experience.
Thanks so much for that tip.

Dang, now I have to investigate all those other default settings in the registry.
- Tom

Captiv8r

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Hi again

I wouldn't waste too much time on it. There are lots of keys there that were apparently planned for the future or never worked out. Thus they don't really do anything if you change the values.

Go figure... Rick

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Anonymous

Something to note if others try this.

You need to save changes in your current topic before jumping to another, otherwise RoboEditor gets a bit confused, opens a new window, and hangs. No biggie tho.. you can close the new RoboEditor window thats hanging, save the topic, and then Ctrl+click away.

HTH,
- Tom

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Anonymous

Rick, I'm on X5.0.2

Peter, I didn't even think of that. It's a great backup plan if the hack doesn't work. You're right, I'd rather skip the extra click if I can, but it's better than using the index or topic list.

I appreciate both replies. Thanks guys.

Captiv8r

Legend

Hi again

Okay, give this a try.

Close RoboHelp HTML
Open your Registry Editor (all standard registry editing disclaimers apply here)
Locate the following section:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blue Sky Software\RoboEditor\Defaults
Within this section should be the following key:
AllowNavigationWhenControlKeyIsDown
Double-click the key and change the value from False to True
Close the registry editor and restart RoboHelp.

Let us know how this works for you... Rick

Peter Grainge

Community Expert

If the version is not compatible with Rick's solution, the next nearest thing is to right click in the topic with the hyperlink and select Show LInks. There you will see the target topic and you can again right click and select Edit.

Not as quick as you want but just two steps.

Hopefully Rick's registry change (hack? tut tut) will work for you.

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Captiv8r

Legend

Hi Tom

Hmmm, there used to be a registry hack you could make that would allow it. But it might depend on your RoboHelp HTML version. I'm not sure the hack will work if you are using 6. Might be worth a try.

Which version are you using?

Cheers... Rick

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