Adobe® RoboHelp® 8: Level 1

Course Specifications
Course number: 084755
Course length: 1.0 day(s)

Course Description

Course Objective: You will use Adobe RoboHelp 8 to create a help system that contains multimedia elements, links, the table of contents, the glossary, and the index.

Target Student: This course is intended for professionals seeking to create or enhance Help systems using RoboHelp 8.

Prerequisites: To ensure success, students should have basic knowledge of HTML. Knowledge of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is preferred but not required.

Hardware Requirements

• 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® IV processor or higher
• Minimum 512 MB of RAM or higher (1 GB recommended)
• Generic monitor (1024 x 768)
• 40 GB hard disk or larger
• A display system

Software Requirements

Each computer requires the following software:

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
• Adobe® RoboHelp® 8
• Adobe® FrameMaker® 9
• Adobe® Flash® Player 9
• Adobe® Acrobat Reader® 8
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• examine a Help system and the RoboHelp environment.
• initiate a RoboHelp HTML project and add content to it.
• enhance a project.
• format content.
• add multimedia elements to a Help project.
• add interactive elements to a project.
• create reference aids to help users easily refer to content in a Help project.
• finalize a help project.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Adobe RoboHelp

Topic 1A: Understand the Workflow of a Project

Topic 1B: Understand a Help System

Topic 1C: Explore the Interface

Topic 1D: Customize the Interface

Topic 1E: Get Help in RoboHelp

Lesson 2: Initiating a Project

Topic 2A: Create an HTML Help Project

Topic 2B: Add Content

Lesson 3: Enhancing a Project

Topic 3A: Include Tables

Topic 3B: Create Lists

Topic 3C: Add Images

Lesson 4: Formatting Content

Topic 4A: Create Styles

Topic 4B: Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets

Topic 4C: Create Cascading Style Sheets

Lesson 5: Adding Multimedia Elements

Topic 5A: Capture Images

Topic 5B: Add Rich Media Elements

Lesson 6: Adding Interactive Elements

Topic 6A: Create a Hyperlink

Topic 6B: Create Image Maps

Topic 6C: Create Pop-Ups

Topic 6D: Create Bookmarks

Topic 6E: Link Related Topics

Lesson 7: Creating Reference Aids

Topic 7A: Create a Table of Contents

Topic 7B: Create a Browse Sequence

Topic 7C: Create an Index

Topic 7D: Add a Glossary

Lesson 8: Finalizing a Project

Topic 8A: Spell-Check a Project

Topic 8B: Generate Reports

Topic 8C: Generate an Output

Appendix A: Creating Map IDsAppendix B: Managing a Help Project