Unit 1 – Introduction
Module 1 - Course Overview

* Welcome!
* Course Goal
* Course Outline
* Assumptions
* How To Use This Training Manual
* How To Use The Training CD
* What You Have Learned

Module 2 - Technology Overview

* Defining a Help System
* Describing the Benefits of a Help System
* Defining the Different Help Systems
* Describing the Different Output Types
* Describing the Basic Characteristics of All
* Output Types
* Defining HTML
* Defining HTML-Based Help
* Defining Microsoft HTML Help
* Defining Browser-Based Help
* Defining XML

Module 3 - Planning a Help System

* About the Structure of a Help System
* Communicating the Message
* Planning Your Help System
* Using the Systematic Approach
* Analyzing Your Audience, Resource and Constraints
* Designing a Help System Prototype
* Developing Your Help System
* Implementing Your Help System
* Evaluating the Effectiveness of Your Help System

Unit 2 – Application HTML Help Project
Module 4 - Starting a New Project

* Project Planning
* Project Background
* Creating a New HTML Help Project
* Understanding the Help Authoring Environment
* Working with the Tag List
* Setting RoboHelp WYSIWYG as the Default Editor
* Working with the WYSIWYG Editor
* Creating a New Topic from the Toolbar
* Checking Your Settings
* Adding More Topics

Module 5 - Working with Files and Folders

* Project Scenario
* Working with Folders
* Opening and Closing Folders
* Selecting Your Viewing Options
* Importing HTML Files
* Importing Microsoft Word Documents
* Importing a Word Document
* Importing FrameMaker Files
* Creating Headers and Footers
* About Topic Templates
* Creating Topic Templates
* Creating a Header/Footer for Topic Template
* Applying Topic Templates
* Creating a New Folder
* Moving Files In and Out of Folders
* Deleting Files
* Importing More Topics
* Organizing the Project Manager
* Updating the Topics

Module 6 - Working with Styles

* Creating Style Sheets
* Best Practice for Using Styles
* Creating a New External Style Sheet
* Defining Styles
* Creating a New Style
* Attaching a Style Sheet to Several Topics
* Using Embedded Styles
* Using Inline Styles
* Adding Numbered and Bulleted Lists
* Formatting with Inline Styles
* Spell Checking Your Topic
* Previewing Topics

Module 7 - Creating Basic Links

* Linking Topics
* Project Update
* Dragging and Dropping to Insert Links
* Viewing Hyperlinks
* Testing Hyperlinks
* Dragging and Dropping More Topics

Module 8 - Adding a Table of Contents

* Creating a Table of Contents
* Adding Books to the TOC
* Adding Pages to the TOC
* Dragging and Dropping Pages into the TOC
* Rearranging Books and Pages
* Automatically Creating TOCs
* Using Right-Click Menu to Update TOC
* Dragging and Dropping a TOC Page into WYSIWYG    Editor
* Describing the Merged Help System Feature

Module 9 - Generating an HTML Help Layout

* Project Update
* Defining Primary Layouts and Single Source Layouts
* Generating Microsoft HTML Help Layouts
* Customizing the TOC
* Viewing Your HTML Help Primary Layout
* Using the Output View Pane
* Resolving Broken Links
* Generating Your Revised Layout

Module 10 - Adding Media

* Adding Images to Topics
* Dragging and Dropping Images
* Adding Horizontal Lines
* Using the ReSize Tool
* Inserting a Resized Image
* About RoboDemo
* Inserting a RoboDemo Movie
* What You Have Learned

Module 11 - Creating an Index

* Indexing Guidelines
* Strategies for Indexing
* Adding Index Keywords Using the Index Designer
* Adding Index Keywords Using the Right-Click Menu
* Automatically Creating Indexes
* Building a Custom Phrase List
* Building an “Always Ignore” List
* Confirming Keywords for Each Topic
* Automatically Adding Keywords
* Viewing the Index
* Options while Smart Indexing
* Creating Multi-Level Index Entries
* Manually Sort the Index
* Arranging Keywords with Toolbar Buttons

Module 12 - Project Review and Distribution

* Generating Your HTML Help Primary Layout
* Preparing for Reports
* Viewing and Printing Reports
* Backing Up Your Project
* Distributing Online Help
* Distributing Microsoft HTML Help

Module 13 - Generating Printed Documentation

* About Single-Source Technology
* Planning for Printed Documentation
* Opening an Existing Project
* Creating Printed Documents
* Creating a Duplicate Layout
* Generating a PDF Document
* Generating Multiple Layouts

Unit 3 - WebHelp Project
Module 14 - Updating a WebHelp Project

* About Your HTML and WebHelp Projects
* Project Background
* Opening an Existing WebHelp Project
* Confirming Primary Layout is WebHelp
* Creating Folders
* Creating a New Topic
* Importing HTML Files
* Importing Word Documents
* Importing FrameMaker Files
* Assigning a Default Topic
* Generating Your WebHelp Layout

Module 15 - Customizing Your WebHelp Project

* Creating a Font Set
* Creating a New Style Sheet
* Applying the Style Sheet to All Topics
* Updating a Style Sheet
* On-the-Fly Style Creation

Module 16 - Adding Navigation

* Project Update
* Creating a TOC
* Creating an Index
* Creating a WebHelp Glossary
* What Makes a Successful Glossary?
* Strategies for Creating Online Glossaries
* Navigating the Glossary Designer
* About the Glossary Designer and Glossary Hotspot    Wizard
* Adding and Defining Glossary Terms
* Adding Expanding Glossary Hotspots Using the    Glossary Hotspot Wizard
* Viewing Expanding Glossary Hotspots
* Automatically Removing Expanding Glossary Terms    from Topics
* Manually Removing Expanding Glossary Text from    Topics
* Generating Your WebHelp Layout
* Spell Checking the TOC
* Viewing Reports

Module 17 - Adding Bookmarks and an Image Map Hotspot

* Creating Bookmarks
* Creating a Back-to-Top Bookmark
* Creating a Frameset
* Creating Bookmarks for Frameset
* Linking a Custom Frameset
* Viewing a Custom Frameset
* Creating an Image Map Hotspot

Module 18 - Finishing Touches

* Inserting a Table into a Topic
* Working with Tables
* Working with Bullets and Lists
* Creating Links to Your Topics
* Creating Skins
* Generating WebHelp with Skins
* Generating FlashHelp with Skins

Module 19 - Using Conditional Build Tags

* About Conditional Build Tags
* Planning for Conditional Build Tags
* Creating New Conditional Build Tags
* Applying Conditional Build Tags to Topic Content
* Previewing Conditional Text
* Applying Conditional Build Tags to Topic Level
* Verifing Conditional Build Tag Properties
* Defining Conditional Build Tag Expressions
* Combining Build Tags with Layouts
* Setting Your Primary Layout

Module 20 - Distributing Cross-Platform Help Projects

* Spell Checking Your Entire Project
* Defining WebHelp
* Defining WebHelp’s Accessibility
* Generating Section 508 Compliant WebHelp
* Publishing a WebHelp Layout
* Republishing a WebHelp Layout
* Distributing WebHelp

Module 21 - Creating Context-Sensitive WebHelp

* Creating Cross-Platform Context-Sensitive Help
* Using Context-Sensitive Help Guidelines
* Introducing the Electronic Timecard.htm
* Creating Context-Sensitive WebHelp
* Creating a Map File
* Creating Map IDs
* Creating a Custom Window
* Copying Your WebHelp Project
* Viewing the Source Code
* Calling a WebHelp System from an HTML Page
* Calling a Single Context-Sensitive Topic from an    HTML Page
* Using the Context-Sensitive Help Test Tool

Module 22 - Working With RoboHelp Office Pro

* Using RoboHelp Office Pro
* Understanding the Process
* Defining RoboEngine
* Defining the RoboEngine Configuration Manager
* Overview of Tasks
* Setting the Primary Layout to WebHelp Pro
* Connecting Your Project to the Engine
* Publishing a Project to the Engine
* Merging Projects
* Accessing Reports
* Viewing Reports
* Accessing the Merged Projects
* Testing the Natural Language Search
* Entering More Questions for Natural Language Search
* Working with Synonyms
* Republishing a Project to the Engine
* Changing the Configuration Manager
* Testing the Natural Language Synonym Editor

Unit 4 - Standalone HTML Help Project
Module 23 - Updating an Online Information Project

* Project Background
* Opening an Existing HTML Help Project
* Changing Window Properties
* Changing the Window Caption
* Adding a New Topic
* Adding a Jump Button
* Creating Folders
* Importing Files
* Accessing the TOC
* Creating Books With No Links
* Dragging Topics to Create Pages
* Adding Related Topics Link Controls
* See Also Overview
* Implementing See Also Feature
* See Also versus Related Topics
* Adding See Also Keywords in the Index Designer
* Associating Topics With the See Also Keywords
* Adding See Also Controls to Topics
* Viewing Your Project
* Duplicating See Also Controls
* Viewing Your Updated Project

Module 24 - Adding Effects

* Adding Dynamic HTML to an Image
* Adding Dynamic HTML to Text
* Adding Popups
* Adding Text-Only Popups to Topics
* Adding Popup Links to Topics
* Resizing Popup Links to Topics
* Creating a Drop-Down Hotspot
* Creating Image Maps
* Using Advanced DHTML Features
* Adding a Positioned Text Box
* Using Triggers and Targets to Create DHTML
* Adding Sounds to Topics

Module 25 - Creating Browse Sequences

* Defining Browse Sequences
* Planning for Browse Sequences
* Updating Window Properties
* Automatically Creating Browse Sequences
* Manually Creating Browse Sequences
* What You Have Learned

Module 26 - Working With Version Control

* Project Background
* Describing the Benefits of Version Control
* How Version Control Works
* How Version Control Works in RoboHelp
* Describing Strategies for Multi-Author Projects
* Using the Version Control Toolbar
* Adding a Project to Version Control
* Editing a Checked Out File
* Checking In an Edited File
* Showing the History of Files
* Showing the Differences Between Files
* Rolling Back to a Previous Version of a File
* Project Completion
* Class Completion