RoboHELP® 2000 Bible

This book and CD-ROM combination is the complete compendium of how to use every aspect of RoboHELP. It provides the beginning user of RoboHELP Office 2000 with an introduction to the product and shows how to create WinHelp and HTML Help files. It also shows intermediate and advanced users how to get the most out of RoboHELP Office 2000 and the ancillary tools. Appendixes provide additional information on internal details and a collection of extended resources.

How This Book Is Organized

RoboHELP 2000 Bible has 28 chapters in five parts, seven appendixes, and a glossary. This section describes what you'll find in each part of this book.

Part I - Getting Started
Part I "Getting Started," introduces you to RoboHELP Office 2000. There are chapters on installing and configuring RoboHELP Office 2000 and a description of the types of online help you can create with it.

Part II - Creating WinHelp
Part II, "Creating WinHelp," shows you how to create a WinHelp project. This part contains chapters on starting a WinHelp project and on adding topics, jumps, and popups, formatting and special effects, and static and hotspot graphics. You also see how to add tables of contents, indexes, and A-Links, and use multiple windows and browse sequences in a WinHelp file.

Part III - Creating Advanced WinHelp Systems
Part III, "Creating Advanced WinHelp Systems," continues with an in-depth discussion of the advanced features of WinHelp systems. In this part, you learn how to create WinHelp macros, work with context-sensitive help, and extend your reach with the Internet and the RoboHELP online community. You'll also see how to add multimedia to your WinHelp file, create What's This' help, use master tables of contents, and manage large WinHelp projects.

Part IV - Creating HTML Help
Part IV, "Creating HTML Help," introduces you to HTML Help. You learn the basics of HTML Help, including how to start an HTML Help project in RoboHELP Office 2000, create topics, add jumps, create graphics, add windows and popups, use styles, use dynarnic HTML, and create a table of contents and index.

Part V: Creating Advanced HTML Help
Part V, "Creating Advanced HTML Help," shows you the advanced features of HTML Help systems. In this part, you learn how to print the RoboHELP HTML Help reports, create context-sensitive HTML Help, use forms and frames, and create WebHelp, JavaHelp, and Netscape NetHelp.

Appendixes and Glossary
The book concludes with a number of useful appendixes. Appendix A, "The WinHelp HPJ File," lists the sections and options found in the HPJ file. Appendix B, "Footnote Symbols," is a quick reference for the footnote symbols used in WinHelp files. Appendix C, "Reports," is a list of all the reports in RoboHELP Office 2000 and a brief description of each one. Appendix D, "Resources," contains a variety of online and printed resources for help developers. Appendix E, "Installing RoboHELP 2000," is a quick reference guide to installing the product. Appendix F, "HTML Quick Guide," is a brief guide to HTML. Appendix G, "What's on the CD-ROM?" describes the contents of the accompanying CD-ROM and tells how to make use of them.