pointer," and "mouse" as synonymous terms. If the search term is "mouse,"
information, see Change project settings.
RoboHelp gives more weight to keywords than to search terms found in the body of a topic.
For more information, see Change project settings.
NOTE: Keyword search is not available in Microsoft HTML Help (CHM).
ProjectName.stp. RoboHelp ignores these words to display optimal and relevant search results.
Excel files) in published output. To appear in search results, these baggage files must be referenced in a topic through a hyperlink.
NOTE: You must have iFilter for Microsoft and PDF installed on to enable baggage file search.
you can exclude all Excel files in your projects from search.
NOTE: In merged projects, configure this search setting for each project.
search option is enabled in both upgraded and new RoboHelp projects.
NOTE: In merged projects, child projects inherit the setting of the parent project.
can disable the display of context by using the SSL dialog box.
the context appears as a tool tip.
pane contains an option for the maximum number of search results to show in a list.
output and Generate WebHelp Pro or FlashHelp Pro output.
search results has the same rank as the keyword specified in topics.
Select Project > Open > Pods > External Content Search.
want to apply. Click OK to save the entry in the SearchOptions.xml file in the project folder.
Select the entry you want to edit and click Edit. Modify the details and click OK.
content search settings of that project into the current project.
similar external content.
entries defined for external content search.
(Adobe AIR) Click Search and select Enable External Content Search.
(WebHelp) Click Search and select Enable External Content Search.
(WebHelp Pro) Select Enable External Content Search.
(FlashHelp and FlashHelp Pro) Click Next and select Enable External Content Search.
have either a.jpeg or.jpg filename extension.
The standard bitmap image format intended for Windows, used in WinHelp applications.
and converts them into GIF images.
A bitmap image format like GIF. The most recent versions of Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer support PNG.
Borders And Shading dialog box.
NOTE:If you generate WebHelp Pro or WebHelp output, use GIF or JPEG files.
Select the graphic file format to search for.
Enter the path for the search or browse to a new location.
Select an image from the Image Files list.
Browse to a destination.
Click Copy File.
In the Project view, select the Images folder.
Right-click an image.
Click Add next to File Associations. Enter a filename extension.
Click Select. Browse to the application to use for editing and viewing the file type.
Web-based Help, use GIF or JPEG files.
In the Design Editor, select a location for the image.
to browse to a file.
menu. Select All Folders to see all images in the project.
For an image used in the project, drag it from the Project Manager\Images folder into the topic.
select the image. To add it to the project, click OK.
Simultaneously create and add images.
Move the cursor to a desired location in the Design Editor of a topic.
Enter a filename for the new image.
Click OK. RoboScreenCapture opens and RoboHelp is minimized.
Close RoboScreenCapture. The Image dialog box of RoboHelp for HTML appears.
(Optional) Resize the image or place borders around it.
button. The image remains in the Images folder.
the Images folder.
In the Design Editor, select the image to edit.
Right-click the image and choose Image Properties.
Select the alignment of the image with the surrounding text.
wrapping is set to None, then the image, or the line it is on, can be aligned.
text is the image title.
crisp description of the image.
Ratio to maintain the height to width proportion.
the margin on all sides or a different width for left, right, top, and bottom margins.
Click to add a border to the image and specify a style.
Select Edit > View > Image.
Right-click and select Edit with RoboScreenCapture.
Click Save. NOTE: See RoboScreenCapture Help for more information.
In the Design Editor, open a topic containing an image.
Right-click the image. Select Insert Image Map.
Select Rectangle, Circle, or Polygon.
Draw a clickable area within the image border.
URL) or another destination.
In Screen Tip Text, enter text to display when users hover the mouse over the image map.
hotspots in the image map. Hotspot links appear with the Hotspot icon.
To test, click the View button in the toolbar. Click the hotspot.
In the Design Editor, open the topic containing the image map.
Double-click the hotspot.
Select OK. If prompted, select OK to copy the file into the project.
in the toolbar. Click the hotspot.
topics. You can also insert SWF and HTML5 output of Adobe Captivate demos in existing topics.
When an Adobe Captivate demo is added in the project, you can open the source from within RoboHelp and edit it.
Create an Adobe Captivate demo from within RoboHelp.
Select Project > New > Topic > Adobe Captivate Topic.
Specify a name for the Adobe Captivate project that will be created.
In the Title box for the Demo topic, type the topic name.
In the File Name box, specify a filename with the extension.htm.
Create the demo.
NOTE:You cannot access RoboHelp while Adobe Captivate is open.
Save the demo and close Captivate.
another topic if required.
and from index keywords. When users click the link, the demo starts.
In RoboHelp, open the topic where you want to insert the demo.
Place the cursor where you want to insert the demo.
file, and click Open. At the prompt, click Yes to copy the file to the project folder.
Multiscreen HTML5 layout.
Click OK. An object in the topic indicates where the file was placed.
You can import an Adobe Captivate demo as a new topic in your RoboHelp project.
Select Project > Import > Document > Adobe Captivate Demo.
Specify a title for the new topic that you want to create for the demo.
Specify the path of the HTML5 output for the demo.
Specify the path of the SWF output for the demo.
Right-click the demo. Select Edit.
file, RoboHelp adds a placeholder SWF for use in Design Editor. This SWF is non-editable.
Close Adobe Captivate.
Select a location in the topic for inserting the multimedia.
Select Insert > Media > Multimedia.
Online (URL) option to embed an online video using its URL.
, and navigate to the file. Double-click it.
To add an existing file, select it from the Multimedia In Project Folders list.
the online video as explained in the note below. For embedding Youtube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion videos, you can alternatively provide the http URL instead of the source URL.
NOTE: The source URL of the video can be copied from the embed code of the online video.
Consider this embed code as an example: <iframe width="560" height="315"
URL of the video.
Sets the alignment of the multimedia object with the surrounding text.
Replaces the multimedia file with a text label if users disable multimedia in their browsers.
appears in the published web output.
Specifies the size of the embedded video.
drop-down described above), as 336 x 256.
Specifies left, right, top, and bottom margins in inches.
Sets a border around the video object.
Show player controls on hover. This option is available only when embedding an online video.
Show player controls always.
Never show player controls.
only when embedding an online video.
Show multimedia in full screen.
Auto play multimedia when you open the topic that contains it.
multimedia types except window media video (wmv).
Start the video in mute mode, which can later be changed manually.
available only for HTML5 video files.
link if they cannot access the multimedia file.
10) To test or preview, click View Item button in Project > View.
provide (such as youtube.com or vimeo.com.
NOTE:Some file formats do not work properly in compiled Microsoft HTML Help files.
HTML5 video files: *.mp4, *.ogg, *.ogv, *.webm.
videos are also supported in EPUB 3 eBook output.
pixels by default. You can specify a different video size if necessary.
sure that Windows Media Player is installed.
and AAC audio codec are natively supported by most browsers.
you need to install before you can view or hear them.
Double-click the multimedia object. The Multimedia dialog box appears.
Click to select the multimedia object.
to restore a multimedia object you removed.
Mouse rollover effects include Drop Shadow, Font Change, Glow, and Rock 'n Roll.
Horizontally/Vertically, Fly In/Out, Gray, Show/Hide, Spiral, and Rock 'n Roll