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USING ROBOHELP HTML 9
Context-sensitive Help
Notes:
• If you are creating text-only topics and window-level topics, avoid using the same map file for both.
• Each time you update your context-sensitive Help, test all topics that have been changed or added.
Working with text-only topics
Create text-only topics
When creating text-only topic files for Microsoft HTML Help, you create topics and write content in the same dialog
box. If using map files from your developer, import them before you begin.
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Select View > Pods > Project Set-up. The Project Set-up pod appears.
Open the Context-Sensitive Help folder.
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Right-click the What's This? Help Files folder. Select Create/Import Text-Only Topic File.
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In File Name, enter a name for the topic file. If you imported a map file, use its name (Pizza.h and Pizza.txt).
Click Open.
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Select a topic ID for the first topic to create:
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• When auto-creating a map file In Topic ID, enter the topic ID.
• When importing a map file, select the topic ID from the list.
Sample of Topic ID entries
In Topic Text, enter topic content. This text appears in a popup when users request help for the field or control:
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Sample of Topic Text
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Click Add/Update.
Version-control projects may have more options.
Tips:
• Topics or added code are not needed for OK, Cancel, Save, Open, and other buttons associated with Windows
dialogs.
• HTML Help projects can include multiple .txt files.
Edit text-only topics
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Select View > Pods > Project Set-up. The Project Set-up pod appears.
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Open the Context-Sensitive Help and What's This? Help Files folders.
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