Features and Benefits of RoboHelp 2015

1. RoboHelp 2015

2. What is Adobe RoboHelp?
 RoboHelp is a help authoring tool (HAT) created in 1991 by Gen Kiyooka of Blue
Sky Software for the Microsoft Windows operating system.
 RoboHelp is an application that produces online documentation. Initially it may
have only created Windows Help files, but today it can produce many different
types of online output, and not necessarily only 'help' files.

3. Importing Files in RoboHelp
RoboHelp can import files in any of the following formats:
 HTML
 Word
 FrameMaker
 PDF
 XML
 Other Help Projects
RoboHelp generates a Cascading Style Sheet for the 'help project', based on the styles in the source
document. Alternatively, you can use your own CSS across all documents, to ensure consistency.
RoboHelp allows you to import the documents with ease and less pain. You can import Word
documents and edit the content in the WYSIWYG editor. You can then generate the output in any
format you require with the imported project.

4. RoboHelp Output Formats
Once the HTML files are verified, the on-line help can be generated. The following outputs can be generated in RoboHelp:
 Microsoft HTML Help
 Mobile Help
 WebHelp
 FlashHelp
 Printed documents (Word documents or PDF files).
The table of contents is a hierarchy of the folders, topics, and any subfolders in Project Manager. RoboHelp creates books from
custom folders and pages from the topics in these folders. Any topics not saved in custom folders appear as pages at the first level in
the table of contents.
You can reorder books and pages after you create the table of contents.

5. Responsive HTML5 Layouts
The Responsive HTML5 output dynamically changes the way the content is presented based on the
device the reader is using. Responsive HTML5 output uses Screen Layouts, the skins for HTML5 output.
With these skins you can control how your output will look for your users.
The existing conditional tags and expressions can be re-used to enable your audience to dynamically
filter the document, TOC, and index in the final Responsive HTML5 or mobile app output.
The dynamic content filter can be customised to enable your users to choose what they want to see
and find the right information faster.

6. What is the WYSIWYG Editor?
The WYSIWYG(What You See Is What You Get) editor is a comprehensive feature of RoboHelp.
The WYSIWYG editor allows you to organise information and create pathways and interactive links.
You can add multimedia (photos, drawings, images, video) to your topics to enhance your online information. You
can even use these images as links (hotspots) to other topics. In a topic, images are part of the text that make up a
topic and they flow with the text as you add and delete information. You can insert images into your topics in the
RoboHelp WYSIWYG Editor.
RoboHelp also allows you to create pop-up text hotspots and a Table of Contents, Glossary, and Index as you
develop text.

7. Embedded Screen Capture Tool
Responsive Layout
Broken Links
RoboHelp Features

8. Reports
Image Maps
Index
RoboHelp Features

9. Conditional Text (Build Tags)
Section 508 Compliance
RoboHelp Features

10.  A context-sensitive Help (CSH) topic provides information about the user interface of an application relative to
the task a user performs.
 It is also known as F1 help
 The process of creating and implementing context-sensitive Help typically involves the content author and the
application developer.
Creating Context Sensitive Help

11. Author and Developer Roles in Creating Context-Sensitive Help
Imports map files and
assigns map IDs to
each context-sensitive
Help topic.
Generates the project
to include the context-
sensitive Help topics.
Tests the context-
sensitive topics in the
application.
Writes code that calls
the correct Help topics
from within the
application
Obtains map files that
contain the map IDs
from the author.
Builds the components
that make up the
application.
Notifies the author
when changes are
made to the
application.
AUTHOR DEVELOPER
Writes the Help topics
that describe how to
use application.

12. Sample CSH Mapping File for Help Integration

13. Thank You