One of my RoboHelp clients wanted a watermark to appear on a majority of their topics. Specifically, the client wanted their logo to remain stationary right in the middle of their topics. As users scrolled up or down, the client wanted the topic text to move over the logo.
The solution to adding this kind of effect to multiple RoboHelp topics is surprisingly simple. (Note: The following steps will work in RoboHelp versions 7, 8 and 9.)
- On the Project Manager pod, open the style sheet being used by the topics (if you're using multiple style sheets the following steps will need to be performed on each of them).
- From the list of Styles at the left of the Styles dialog box, open the Other group.
- Select Background + Text (BODY).
The Background + Text (BODY) style controls the text, background images, background colors and borders used in any topic that uses the style sheet you are currently editing. Any of the topics in your project that use the style sheet will be affected by any changes you make here.
- Click Format and select Borders and Shading to open the Borders and Shading dialog box.
- Click the Shading tab.
- In the Pattern area, click the button with the Magnifying Glass.
- In the Image name area, click the folder at the right and open the image you want to use for the watermark.
- From the X drop-down menu, choose Center.
- From the Y drop-down menu, choose Center.
- From the Repeat drop-down menu, choose No Repeat.
- Remove the check mark from Scroll.
If you preview the topic, you'll see that the image you set to No Repeat and not to Scroll stays put as you scroll up or down.
Note: While you can use an image as a watermark, I would suggest using an image editing tool to reduce the brightness of the image to something like 15-20%. Anything darker and the watermark will likely be a distraction.
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