Whether you are generating a standalone RH project, or merged help, you must always specify the generation output path for any output preset in Robohelp 2019. Sometimes, but not always, you “change” the path and then Save your changes, or so you think. . . the change is actually not […]
Author: Tammy Van Boening
Using Sharepoint Online for Version Control with RoboHelp 2019
With RoboHelp 2019, you can ensure everyone stays on the same page by enabling version control and sharing and collaboration across your organization with SharePoint Online. Although Adobe does provide instructions about setting up your RoboHelp 2019 environment for use with Sharepoint Online (https://helpx.adobe.com/robohelp/using/sharepoint.html), in my quest to set up my working […]
Framemaker for Single Sourcing
Text Insets and Conditional Text For FrameMaker users seeking single sourcing on a shoestring, Tammy Van Boening of Spectrum Writing offers a solution based on these features. [EXCERPT FROM THE AUTUMN 2009 ISSUE OF COMMUNICATOR MAGAZINE] Text insets in FrameMaker offer a way to single-source content by sharing chunks of text across multiple […]
Resizing Visio Swim Lanes
Ah, “swimlanes!” Gotta’ love the term. Ever tried to resize a swim lane in a cross-functional flowchart in Visio and dealt with the frustrations of the swim lane “swimming” all around instead of resizing? Well, there is a way not only to resize swim lanes, but also, to keep all […]
Autonumbering in Microsoft Word
Autonumbering in Microsoft Word For my technical publications clients, I use a true desktop Publisher (Framemaker) to produce standalone documentation or to single source to an Online Help standard output such as Microsoft HTML 1.x help; however, many of my clients, for their own internal documentation, use Microsoft Word. Because […]