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USING ROBOHELP HTML 9
Projects
Last updated 12/14/2011
Import PDF files into a project
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In the Project Manager pod, right-click Project Files.
2 Select the file to import into.
3
Select File > Import > PDF Document.
4 Select one or more PDF files. Click Open.
5
Select options in the Conversion Options dialog box.
6 If Create New Topic(s) Based On Style(s) was selected, click Next to select styles.
7
Click Finish.
Importing and linking Microsoft Word documents
In RoboHelp, you can import or link Microsoft Word documents (files with .docx, .docm, .doc, or .rtf extensions after
the filename). You can create new projects by importing or linking Word documents. Or, you can use the Word
documents as source files for an existing RoboHelp project. You can use this workflow to integrate content created by
different authors in Word.
The settings for importing and linking Word documents are applied at the project level. For this reason, you have
consistent settings for all documents that you import or link to RoboHelp projects. You can also export the conversion
settings that you define and reuse them across multiple projects. Defining a set of standard settings for conversion
ensures consistency across projects. See “
Word conversion settings ” on page 64.
Steps to import a Word document into RoboHelp
1
Locate your Word document.
2 Optimize the Word document for import. See “ Optimizing Word documents for online output ” on page 51.
3
Read through the differences between linking and importing the Word document. See “ Linking versus importing
Word documents ” on page 51.
4 Open RoboHelp, and either create a project or use an existing project to import the Word document.
5
Import the Word document. See “ Import a Word document into a RoboHelp project ” on page 53.
6 Export your conversion settings and reuse it when you import another Word document. See “ Export conversion
settings ” on page 64.
Steps to link a Word document from RoboHelp
1
Locate your Word document.
2 Optimize the Word document for linking. See “ Optimizing Word documents for online output ” on page 51.
3
Read through the differences between linking and importing the Word document. See “ Linking versus importing
Word documents ” on page 51.
4 Read through the options for linking Word documents. See “ Linking options for Word documents ” on page 52.
5
Open RoboHelp, and either create a project or use an existing project to link the Word document.
6 Link the Word document. See “ Link a Word document to a RoboHelp project ” on page 53.
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Synchronize your linked Word document with RoboHelp when you edit your Word document. See “ Synchronizing
linked Word documents with RoboHelp projects ” on page 61.