Re: Are you using RoboHelp X4.1 for single source layouts?

["Chuck Martin" <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com>]

I just did it, and I couldn't figure out how to map everything either.

In my case, the default output was WebHelp. I designed a CSS file that did
all the basics right--and I made sure I did all my editing outside of
RoboHelp's editor. Standard online styles map OK to standard print styles.
However, I had to do some post processing, in part because a couple of
custom styles dind't map and in part because heading levels got messed up I
wrote a couple of macros to do that post processing, so whenever I had to
create a new print version, a quick keystroke and a few extra seconds got me
a better (if not perfectly formatted) book. Actually, it looks pretty
doggone good.

But then, if the client will let you do a FrameMaker/WebWorks combination,
most people here (including me) wouold say you'll have more hair left when
you're done.

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Chuck Martin
User Assistance & Experience Engineer
twriter "at" sonic "dot" net      www.writeforyou.com

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break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day! This day, we fight!"
                    - Aragorn

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"Rene Gedaly" <rene -dot- gedaly -at- clearwriting -dot- biz> wrote in message
news:224691 -at- techwr-l -dot-  -dot-  -dot- 

A client wants me to build Help and printed doc using RoboHelp Office X4.1.
Outputs are HTML Help and a Word document.

I'm close, but I'm having trouble mapping CSS styles to DOT styles
faithfully enough to get a professional-looking Word doc from the RH topics.


Has anyone else worked this problem using RoboHelp, maybe with RH X3? Would
you share the "gotchas" that I may be overlooking?

Thanks,
Rene