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RoboHelp

FrameMaker to RoboHelp Integration Clinic

by Matt Sullivan 09.01.2010 FrameMaker

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TCS Integration Webinar Recording

by Matt Sullivan 08.06.2010 FrameMaker

Adobe’s Technical Communication Suite 2.5 has a wealth of options for content reuse and single source publishing. This 90 minute webinar recording gives you an overview of one of roundpeg inc’s specialties: FrameMaker to RoboHelp Integration. Watch as Matt Sullivan, roundpeg’s director of training explains the concept of single sourcing print and online help output. This [...]

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RoboHelp Webinar Recording

by Matt Sullivan 08.04.2010 Free Webinars

Webinar posted! Thanks to everyone who attended our Getting Started in RoboHelp webinar! See below for a recording of the webinar in case you missed the live event. If you are interested in attending our 3-day RoboHelp class, either in person or online, please visit http://www.roundpeg.com/training/products/robohelp for details. roundpeg also offers training and services related [...]

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Free webinar series from roundpeg inc.

by Matt Sullivan 06.27.2010 Captivate

roundpeg hosts roughly 60 minute free webinars on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. They provide an overview of the technology, rather than the hands-on training experience of our classroom and e-learning training. These webinars are a great way to introduce new folks to base concepts or help with approvals for training budgets. Jump to registration for Flex [...]

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Linking Frame files with complex conditional text to RoboHelp

by Matt Sullivan 06.08.2010 FrameMaker
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When your FrameMaker projects rely heavily on conditional text, you may find it easier to manually control conditions rather than having RoboHelp manage it automatically. This artlcle walks you through that decision and explains the setting necessary.

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ePub output

by Matt Sullivan 05.11.2010 FrameMaker

Here’s a couple of quick ways to generate ePub, compatible with ebook readers like iPad and Kindle ePub From FrameMaker or RoboHelp  If your content is in FrameMaker, I recommend using the TCS2 integration workflow to single source your content into RoboHelp. (see From there, you can extend the range of your FrameMaker output options [...]

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Controlling RoboHelp output with a FrameMaker template

by Matt Sullivan 03.25.2010 FrameMaker

Recently I had a client come across a solution to a few formatting issues when working with linked FrameMaker 9 documents in RoboHelp 8. Of course, the linking feature is only available when these two applications are installed as part of the Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2 package. Linking is not possible when the applications [...]

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RoboHelp 8.02 inserts underscores at random into topic titles

by Matt Sullivan 01.29.2010 RoboHelp

When processing linked FrameMaker 9 files, RH 8.02 seems to put underscores under some, but not all of the topic titles generated from the headings in a FrameMaker file. This isn’t a huge problem, until you use the Search capability in your Help output. Since the Topic Title is what is displayed in the search [...]

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Problem with RoboHelp 8.02 links from linked FrameMaker 9 files

by Matt Sullivan 01.29.2010 RoboHelp

RoboHelp has a great FrameMaker document linking feature…except for a few hiccups. While it’s fairly common to place cross references or hypertext markers (like links to email or to roundpeg.com) in the middle of paragraphs, the resulting processed RoboHelp topics give unexpected results. If the following sentence in a FrameMaker 9 document See roundpeg.com for more info. [...]

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Checklist for FrameMaker to RoboHelp Crashes

by Matt Sullivan 01.27.2010 FrameMaker

Background on FrameMaker, RoboHelp, and TCS2 Integration  Adobe’s Technical Communication Suite 2 (TCS2) has some amazing integration features. The implementation of these features is much more intuitive and stable than in the initial release of the TCS.    However, folks (including me) still seem to experience crashes far too often. I suspect that this often has [...]

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