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USING ROBOHELP HTML 9
Projects
Last updated 12/14/2011
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If you do not include the RoboHHRE.LNG file, or omit some values, your project defaults to the English values
shown in the example.
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If you are using a skin, the default text is translated to the default language. If you customized the text in a skin, the
skin text overrides customizations in the LNG file.
Change the default project language
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Open the project.
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Select File > Project Settings.
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Click the General tab and select the language.
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Click OK.
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Generate and view your project.
Notes:
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If you use a skin, the default text uses the language setting of the project. Customized skin text overrides text settings
in the LNG file.
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Localize window captions in the Windows Properties dialog (not applicable to WebHelp projects).
Language support for associated dictionaries
If your project contains content authored for multiple languages, define RoboHelp language settings in the project,
topic, and paragraph separately. The effective language is used for dictionary or thesaurus association and for spell
checking. For example, suppose you set the project language to UK English and the paragraph language to French for
several paragraphs. The French spelling checker is activated for French paragraphs while the UK English spelling
checker is used for the rest of the content.
Note:
Updated language settings for each language are stored at a common location in the project folder. You can access
the language settings information in the Projects\ !Language! folder.
Index localized text
Use the Smart Index wizard to index your localized project. You can assign keywords for each topic based on the topic
content. The index is generated based on language and search criteria you define in the Smart Index wizard. The Smart
Index Wizard suggests keywords based on topic content.
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Select a language for a new or existing project.
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Follow the steps for automatically creating your index.
Universal character sets
RoboHelp enables you to create content in multiple languages. However, authoring content in a multilingual
environment can be challenging when the languages span multiple Microsoft Windows code pages. Support for the
Unicode character encoding standard in RoboHelp overcomes many of these challenges.