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TCS Integration

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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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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roundpeg to represent Adobe at STC Summit

by Matt Sullivan 04.29.2010 FrameMaker

Adobe has again chosen Matt Sullivan, roundpeg’s director of training, as one of three industry experts to represent them at this year’s Society for Technical Communication Summit in Dallas, TX on May 2-5, 2010. Adobe will be spotlighting their Technical Communication Suite software, which (among other things) includes integrated versions of FrameMaker, RoboHelp and Captivate. Stop [...]

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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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Hot tip: Adding PDF links to RoboHelp project from Frame files

by Matt Sullivan 02.11.2010 Software

Borrowed from http://forums.adobe.com/message/2584446#2584446. Thanks to Adriana Harper and Stefan4321 for their posts!  Scenario:  Using FrameMaker to single source print, pdf and online docs Inserting markers to link to external PDF resources Linking files with RoboHelp using Technical Communication Suite 2 Issue:  Print and PDF are handled properly, but RoboHelp project links are broken Solution:  Since [...]

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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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