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January 13, 2012
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Where do I start

  • January 13, 2012
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I just downloaded a trial copy and need to get up and testing asap to evaluate what I can do.

My goal is to provide an initial technical printed manual for some custom software, with a goal to having that becoming a "help" system, possibly integrated into the software. I can learn fast, but I dont know which partof RoboHelp to start with.

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    Anjaneai_Srivastava
    Adobe Employee
    Anjaneai_Srivastava
    Adobe Employee
    January 14, 2012

    Hi,

    If you are wishing to integrate the Help with the application. The Context Sensitive Help should be helpful for that, http://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d11aff59c571-7fdf.html

    You can generate Printed Documentation -- Check Peter Grainge's Website, explaining everything precisely,

    http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/printing/rh9_printing.htm

    Hope it you get a good start.!

    Good Luck.

    Thanks,

    Anjaneai

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    Anonymous
    January 15, 2012

    The Context Sensitive Help- I can generate the IDs now - but I have an issue with the inteface in the programming language I'm using, but thats not  a RoboHelp problem. Thanks for the link for printing

    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 15, 2012

    Whilst CHMs can be run from a server (with some registry hacking) and webhelp can be run locally, nowadays it is pretty much the case that webhelp is for server applications and CHMs or desktop AIR Help are for locally installed applications.

    See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

    @petergrainge

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    Legend
    January 13, 2012

    Hi there

    You might consider starting at the link below:

    Click here to view

    Cheers... Rick

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    Anonymous
    January 15, 2012

    Perfect -  exactly what I needed - I got a basic help file CHM up and running in 3 hours using some existing word documents I cut and pasted. I should be able to get a demo to my client by Monday and try and convince him to pay for complete documentation the can pay for buying Robohelp

    Your docs get right to the point and show me which type of help files  I need to use/generate

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