Chapter 4: Working With Topics; Create, Save, And Open Topics - Adobe 65030089 - Robohelp - PC Using Manual

Chapter 4: Working with topics

Create, save, and open topics

Create a topic
In the Project Manager pod, open the XHTML Files (Topics) folder.
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2 To store the topic in a specific custom folder, select the folder.
Do either of the following:
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• Click the New Topic icon
• To create the topic with a different HTML editor, right-click and select New > Topic With. Then select the
editor.
Note: You can also right-click in the Topic List and select New Topic With > [editor].
4 Specify a topic title.
Select a UDV from the Variables list to insert in the topic title and click Insert. Click OK. For example, instead of
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embedding a product name in the title, use a UDV for the product name. UDVs help you manage changes and
ensure consistency.
If required, modify the filename that RoboHelp creates from the topic title.
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For best results, use underscores instead of spaces in filenames, and follow the HTML file naming protocol. Avoid
using these characters in filenames: \ / : * ? < > | # ", $, &, [ ]
(Apply these same conventions to folder names.)
(Optional) Select a master page.
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Specify a language for the new topic.
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Note: If you do not specify a language for the topic you are creating, RoboHelp uses the language setting for the project.
RoboHelp uses the language setting for a topic for the spelling checker, the thesaurus, smart indexing, and full-text
search indexing. The output UI is controlled by the project language setting. For more information about language
support, see "Authoring content in multiple
Add keywords to help users find the contents of this topic. To separate the keywords, you can use commonly used
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characters, such as comma, semicolon, and space. Space works in most languages.
Note: The keywords you specify are added to the index. For more information, see
Select Exclude This Topic From Search only if you do not want to display this topic in the search results.
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Note: Exclude From Search is not available for Microsoft HTML Help (CHM) search.
To open a topic in a third-party editor, right-click the topic in the Project Manager or the Topic List and select Edit
With. The topic opens in the editor you specified (the Editor box still displays the editor set for the project).
More Help topics
"Add underscores to filenames" on page 122
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languages" on page 39
Last updated 7/13/2012
"Topic keywords" on page 178.
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