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This is a tutorial on Adobe RoboHelp 2017. Adobe RoboHelp is a Help Authoring Tool (HAT) that allows you to create help systems, e-learning content and knowledge bases. The latest version of RoboHelp is packed with features, which allows you to create Responsive HTML5 layouts that work on any device size. This tutorial will help the readers in understanding the basics of the program and enable to create help files or documentation for various technical communications.

Adobe RoboHelp is used by industry professionals looking to create great technical content for their end-users. As such, it does require some knowledge of HTML and other web technologies. Some advanced features such as creation of custom dialog boxes require programming knowledge in Visual Basic, C/C++, Java or JavaScript.

However, newer versions make it easy for anyone to get started without having to write a line of code. Therefore, users of all experience levels can follow this tutorial.

The reader should have proficient knowledge of navigating your way around the Windows OS (Windows 7 or later) along with good technical knowledge of the software for which the readers are going to prepare the documentation.

Adobe RoboHelp is part of the Technical Communication Suite (TCS). You can purchase a subscription to TCS, which will also give you access to tools such as FrameMaker, Captivate, Acrobat and Presenter. If you are interested only in RoboHelp, the reader should purchase a separate license, which can be either an individual license, a perpetual license as part of the Cumulative Licensing Program (CLP), perpetual license as part of the Transactional Licensing Program (TLP) or an Enterprise Term License Agreement (ETLA).

Prices and licensing options can be checked on the following link – http://www.adobe.com/products/robohelp/buying-guide.html. The reader can also download a fully functional 30-day trial version to test out the software from the following link – https://www.adobe.com/products/robohelp/download-trial/try.html#.

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RoboHelp makes it easy for effective collaboration among all stakeholders involved in the project. We will look at some of the review and collaboration features below −

Review in Design Editor

We can directly insert our comments in the Design Editor. The Review tab contains all the tools we need to add/edit reviews and track changes. To track changes in the Design Editor, click on Track Changes in the Tracking section of the Review toolbar.

Note − RoboHelp cannot track formatting and structure changes.

Create a PDF for Review

You can also create a PDF that can be sent to the reviewers. The PDF uses the same-tagged structure as the RoboHelp project, so that we can directly import those reviews into RoboHelp.

To create a PDF for review, in the PDF section of the Review tab, click on Create PDF to open the Create PDF for Review dialog box. Here, you can select the topics to be included for review and define Conditional Build Tag Expressions as well.

We can import a reviewed PDF by clicking on the Import Comments in the PDF section of the Review tab. However, for the import to be successful, the PDF should have been created from within RoboHelp.

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Manage Comments and Changes

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Comments made by you or stakeholders can be accepted or rejected from the Design Editor. All the comments in the project can be viewed as a list in the Review Pane pod. The Review Pane pod allows you to filter comments and accept/reject them. Each comment can also have a status.