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USING ROBOHELP HTML 9
Projects
Last updated 12/14/2011
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Authoring content in multiple languages
You can change the language of an existing project or a new project. The language affects the window text, as well as
the dictionary for the spell checker and the automatic indexing (Smart Index Wizard) customized settings.
You can also customize the display text, such as the text in browse sequence buttons, previous and next buttons,
show/hide buttons, some messages, and more. The text can be anything you specify. For example, the default text
“Search” on the Search tab can be changed to “Find” in the language of your choice.
When delivering the project to translators, always provide the source files and not the output files.
Note:
In HTML Help systems, the end user’s operating system must be in the same language as the one used in your
project. Otherwise, the end user’s operating system overrides the language specified in your project. The dictionary and
index sorting are not affected in the end user’s system.
Support for multiple languages
RoboHelp provides multiple language support at the paragraph, topic, and project level. You can set the language at
the paragraph level and topic level through the RoboHelp user interface. Language defined at the paragraph level takes
precedence over language defined at a topic level. Language set at the topic level takes precedence over language
defined at a project level. Language defined at the project level can never take precedence over language defined at
paragraph level. You can think of the prioritized language as the effective language. Effective language is used in
spelling checks, in a dictionary or a thesaurus, in generating a smart index, and in preparing a full-text search.
The project language is defined at the project level. You can apply different language settings using File > Project
Settings.
You define the topic language using the Topic Properties dialog box.
You define the paragraph language using the Paragraph dialog box. Select any paragraph in the Design view and
choose Paragraph from the context menu.
RoboHelp supports the following languages:
Languages
Spell Check
User Dictionary
Thesaurus
Auto correct
Danish (Denmark)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
German (Germany)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
English (US)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
English (UK)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Spanish (Spain)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
French (France)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Italian (Italy)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes