Adobe 65030089 User Manual - Page 69

USING ROBOHELP HTML 10 63 Projects Character formats Table formats Lists Converted. You can map Microsoft Word character formats to RoboHelp styles or import the source formatting. See "Convert Word character styles to RoboHelp styles" on page 54. Converted. You can map Microsoft Word table formats to RoboHelp styles or import the source formatting. See "Convert Word table styles to RoboHelp table styles" on page 55. Converted according to the settings you define. See "List mapping" on page 55. Page layouts Page layout, size, and Word pagination Headers/footers Ignored. These elements are not applicable to online Help. Converted. See "Convert headers and footers in Word documents" on page 53. Images Images Drawings Converted. PNG images are imported as is if the Allow PNG as a graphicsformat option is selected in Microsoft Word Web Options. All other images are converted to gif or jpg. Converted to images. Importing FrameMaker documents FrameMaker and RoboHelp together provide an end-to-end authoring and publishing workflow. This integration lets you exchange content and publish a variety of output formats such as PDF, online Help, and Help based on Adobe AIR. Note: If you are using Adobe Technical Communication Suite, you can link FrameMaker documents to your RoboHelp projects. For more information, see Using FrameMaker with RoboHelp. Optimizing for online output before conversion If your authoring process in FrameMaker is optimized for print output, consider the following before linking or importing FrameMaker documents into RoboHelp projects. Heading formats Determine the best mapping of FrameMaker heading formats to RoboHelp styles. FrameMaker documents define various heading formats specifically for print documentation. Among these formats are side heads and heading styles that start on a new page. These formats don't apply to online formats. You generally map these heading styles to a few standard styles in the RoboHelp project. Page layout settings Often FrameMaker chapter templates specify an even number of pages so that new chapters begin on a recto (right) page. For online Help, ignore these pagination considerations. Headers and footers RoboHelp ignores headers and footers during conversion, including legal text such as "Confidential" and copyright lines. Include such text in the headers and footers in a separate step, after conversion. Similarly, in RoboHelp, re-create watermark text or images that you used in the printed documentation. Use the master page feature in RoboHelp to make these changes. Navigation In print, cross-references specify page numbers which are irrelevant in Help. You can map cross-reference formats in FrameMaker to a format without the chapter and page number. Converting to online Help removes chapter and section titles in headers and footers. You can enhance navigability by using breadcrumbs, back and next buttons, and a defined browse sequence instead. Redundant content To provide context in different sections of a printed document, writers generally add redundant information such as brief summaries of concepts covered previously. Because online Help is a random-access, Last updated 7/13/2012