You can import several types of document into a RoboHelp project including HTML files, Microsoft Word documents, Adobe FrameMaker documents, PDFs and XML files.
Here are a few guidelines when importing HTML files, Word documents and FrameMaker documents:
Word Files
While you can import documents created with most versions of Microsoft Word, Word version 2000 or newer will import better than older versions (RoboHelp 7 allows you to import Word 2007 files). Your version of Word must be equipped with the Microsoft filter for Internet extensions (Word 95 does not include this filter, but it can be downloaded from www.microsoft.com. Word 97 includes the filter on its installation CD). Word 2000 and later includes the filter as part of the standard installation.
If you have already created a TOC, headers, footers or index in Word, they will import nicely into RoboHelp.
FrameMaker Files
You can import Adobe FrameMaker 8 documents (FM, MIF, and BOOK) to a RoboHelp project. FrameMaker files are listed as source documents in the Project Manager pod.
When you import FrameMaker documents, you can elect to convert the Table of Contents, Index, Glossary and other settings into RoboHelp counterparts.
Tags and Styles
Use standard HTML tags in the HTML files and styles for FrameMaker and Word documents. When you import the documents, the proper use of tags (or style sheets) allows RoboHelp to format the documents into topics.
White Space
Don’t use extra carriage returns between paragraphs for white space. Instead, use only one carriage return per paragraph. You will soon learn that RoboHelp has built-in paragraph formats that do a better job of paragraph spacing.
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