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17
Feb
RoboScreenCapture

Capturing Images in RoboHelp

Way, way back in the days when RoboHelp was under the Blue Sky Software brand, a separate application called RoboScreenCapture could be purchased from the same stable. As the name suggests, it is essentially a screen capture tool, but it also had some useful editing facilities thrown in.

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5
Feb
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Identifying your Adobe Acrobat Pro cursor position

For awhile now I’ve been meaning to start using YouTube to post the odd movie tutorial, produced in Adobe Captivate of course. It has taken awhile for me to get my act together, but finally I hae done it. Read more »

5
Jan
jdaigle

Considering coming back to Adobe RoboHelp?

Last year the Adobe Marketing team ratcheted up the rhetoric in its bid to steal back users from its rivals. There were e-seminars aplenty on how to leverage Adobe RoboHelp and the Adobe Technical Communications Suite. Then along came a very enticing 40% discount off the price of an Adobe RoboHelp license for anyone swapping back from Madcap Flare, Author-it or Doc-To-Help. That offer is still valid by the way! Then today, John Daigle, President of Evergreen Online Learning, LLC wrote a guest post on the Adobe Technical Communications blog.

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4
Jan
captivate_start

Adding a Captivate video into a RoboHelp topic

The Adobe Technical Communication Suite is more than just a collection of powerful applications aimed at technical communicators. It includes integration between the applications not available to users buying the individual applications. One area of integration is the ability to create an Adobe Captivate movie inside an Adobe RoboHelp topic.

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21
Dec
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Using Symbols in RoboHelp Topics

OK. I know the question on most peoples’ lips is, “Why would I want to use a symbol?” This is a good question, but the variety of symbols available to RoboHelp users may surprise some. Yes there are mathematical fractions that have a limited user base, but there are also many other symbols more suited to the average user.

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