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USING ROBOHELP HTML 9
Advanced program features
Last updated 12/14/2011
Notes:
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Printing is restricted to one frame at a time, although you can print the entire project from the viewer or browser.
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Target hypertext links to specific frames.
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Hypertext-linked external topics or URLs sometimes display incorrectly.
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Framesets are saved in the HTML Files (Topics) folder in the Project Manager. A square icon
indicates frameset
files.
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Create text links
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Create framesets
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Select View > Pods > Project Manager.
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Right-click Project Files and select New > Frameset, and click a template.
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Enter a title. The title becomes the filename. Click Next.
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Define the properties for each frame in the frameset:
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In Name, enter a name.
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From the All Folders pop-up menu, select the file or URL to attach to the frame. The selection appears in the
Initial File field.
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Design the frame, specifying values for the height, width, frame margins, and border color. Specify the following
options, and then click Finish:
No Resize
Prevents users from resizing the frame.
Scrolling
Controls the display of scroll bars inside the frame.
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Auto
Displays a scroll bar if the entire topic content can be viewed only by scrolling.
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Yes
Always displays scroll bars.
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No
Does not display scroll bars.
New Topic
Creates a topic and assigns it to a frame.
Change frames and framesets
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Select View > Pods > Project Manager.
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In the HTML Files (Topics) folder, double-click the frameset file.
Note:
If the folder isn’t visible, click the Toggle Project Manager View button
.
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Make changes.
Note:
You cannot select a template for a defined frameset. To use a different template, create a frameset.
Change the size of a frame
Note:
This procedure does not change the default settings.
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Drag the cursor to the gray line between the two frames (frame divider).