Adobe RoboHelp 7 August 14, 2011

http://www.fmctraining.com/fmc.asp?l=Washington+DC&p2=Upcoming+Classes

Contact:202-429-9700 / [email protected]

(3 day class) 8/15-17

Overview

Do you want to create a help system for an application? Maybe you're part of a documentation services team, and would like to enhance the appearance and functionality of help systems using advanced techniques. Learn to use Adobe RoboHelp 7, the authoring tool with advanced features that assists you in creating such projects. In this course, you will work with RoboHelp to create an advanced help system. You will also use advanced options in RoboHelp to create a structured and dynamic help file in multiple formats.

Who Should Attend:

This course is intended for professionals seeking to create or enhance help systems using Adobe RoboHelp.

Performance-Based Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
# Examine a help system and the RoboHelp environment

# Create a new RoboHelp HTML project and add content to it

# Import external files

# Format the help content with CSS

# Add multimedia elements to a help project

# Add hyperlinks and bookmarks to a project

# Add navigational aids to a project using Adobe RoboHelp

# Customize the appearance

# Finalize an HTML help project in Adobe RoboHelp

Prerequisites:

Students must have a basic knowledge of HTML. Knowledge of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is preferred but not required.

Course Outline:
Day 1
Lesson 1 - Introduction to RoboHelp for HTML
# RoboHelp HTML Basics
# Explore the RoboHelp Interface
# Topics
# TOC Books
Lesson 2 - WebHelp and Topic Formatting
# WebHelp
# Importing Files
# Project Folders
# Create a TOC
# Text Formatting
# Custom Style Sheets
# Font Sets
# Inline Styles
# Spell Check
# Multi-File Find/Replace
# Compliant WebHelp
Lesson 3 - FlashHelp, Links, PDFs, and Popups
# FlashHelp
# Links
# Importing PDFs
# Popups
# Custom-Sized Popups
# Link View
# Broken Links
Lesson 4 - Graphics and Multimedia
# Graphics
# Background Images
# Image Maps
# Sound
# Captivate Integration
# RoboScreenCapture
# Lab
Day 2
Lesson 5 - Build Tags and Variables
# Conditional Build Tags
# User Defined Variables
Lesson 6 - Tables and DHTML
# Tables
# Lines, Symbols, and Lists
# Dynamic HTML
# Positioned Text Boxes
# Triggers
Lesson 7 - Indexes, Glossaries, Printed Docs and PDFs
# Indexes
# Subkeywords
# See Also Keywords
# Glossaries
# Reports
# Printed Documentation
# PDFs
Day 3
Lesson 8 - Forms and Frames
# Forms
# TrueCode
# Check Boxes and Drop Down Menus
# Submit and Reset Buttons
# Form Properties and Hidden Fields
# Frames
Lesson 9 - Skins and Templates
# Skins
# Publishing Projects
# Templates, Headers and Footers
Lesson 10 - Windows, Browsing, and Help
# Custom Windows
# Browse Sequence
# Application Help
# Context Sensitive WebHelp

Official Website: http://www.fmctraining.com/fmc.asp?l=Washington+DC&p2=Upcoming+Classes