Adobe 65030089 - Robohelp - PC Using Manual page 374

USING ROBOHELP HTML 9
Advanced program features
2 In the Category field, enter a name.
Classify the category:
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Users can select any combination of information types in a category.
Inclusive
Users can only select one information type in a category.
Exclusive
Users do not see these topics in the TOC. They cannot customize information types to filter them. If you
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are assigning topics to information types for context-sensitive Help, select this option.
Click Add Category. Repeat steps 2 through 4 to add more categories.
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Select a category to add information types.
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6 In Information Type, enter an information type.
Click Add Info Type. Repeat steps 6 and 7 to add more information types in the same category.
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Click OK.
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Assign information types (HTML Help)
After creating information types, assign them to books or pages in a TOC.
Note: Make sure that Microsoft HTML Help is set as the primary layout.
In the Project Manager pod, double-click a table of contents in the Table Of Contents folder.
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In the TOC pod, right-click the book or page, and select Properties.
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3 Click the Advanced tab.
Select Use Information Types.
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Click Add and select a topic to associate with the selected book or page.
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6 Select an entry in Information Types and click Types.
Select an information type.
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Access information types from the HTML Help viewer
When users open Help systems, the system prompts them to select information types. All topics not assigned to
information types are available from the index.
1 Click the Contents tab.
Right-click inside Contents and select Customize.
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Select Custom.
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4 Click Next. The list that appears depends on the Exclusive or Inclusive classification of the information types.
Select any combination of information types, and click Next.
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Click Finish. The Contents tab is updated to display only pages that correspond to the information types selected.
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If the Help system displays in the Internet Explorer browser, you can use information types as long as the first topic
includes the TOC ActiveX control.
Last updated 12/14/2011
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