When you open a topic, it displays alongside the Contents Panel. This is the main working area and is shared with editing other features such as the Table of Contents.
By clicking the Contents icon in the left toolbar 1
the folders and files appear in the Contents Panel 2.
On opening a topic, it appears in the authoring area 3
and on the right of that 4
you will see the Properties of the paragraph where the cursor is sitting.
As you work in the topic, what you see in the Right Panel will change,
as below.
If you move folders and files
using File Explorer, the changes will be shown in Adobe RoboHelp 2019
straightaway. You don't have to close your project to see this.
The order of tabs cannot be
changed in this release. That functionality will be added in an update,
along with adding a ruler.
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What you see here will depend on what has been selected in the topic. Here an image has focus and you can see the general properties that you can accept or change.
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Here some text has focus. TypeDisplay the style type applied. The icons allow you to Update the CSS from any inline styling applied and Clear Formatting removes any inline style from wherever the cursor is applied. FontApply inline changes to selected text. AlignmentChange the alignment of the selection. BorderApply a border to the selection. LayoutSets margins, padding, float and clear properties. BackgroundApply a background image or shading. In the code you may see rgba as well as rgb values. The a is for alpha channel, which specifies the opacity of the color. |
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Select the CSS style to be applied. |
Let's look at these individually as they are important.
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Here you see the options contracted for ease of finding. |
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The General properties are grouped here. Note the drag handle to expand the Description field. The content of the Description area can be used in the search metadata or it can be used for your own notes. In the Output Presets there is an option Use Topic Description As Search Context. Tick that if you want your descriptions used in that way or leave it clear if you want to use it for your own notes. Do be careful you don't use it for your own notes and tick the box. Could be awkward! |
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Here you can set any search keywords that you want the user search to find in addition to words in the text. Also you can exclude the whole topic from the search. |
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Adobe RoboHelp 2019 lets you apply more than one style sheet (CSS) to a topic. Here only one is applied. To apply another, click the dropdown to select another or you can browse to add a new CSS. Cascading rules apply in the order the style sheets are shown in. The dots to the left let you drag the style sheets into the order you want. To remove a style sheet from a topic, click the X icon. |
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Index keywords are added from the left toolbar and shown here where they can be removed.
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Condition tags can be added to a topic here, just click Apply Tags. Content Condition Tags are applied by selecting content and then right clicking to open a dialog to set the tag. The tags set for content are then shown here.
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Basic file information is shown here. Click the Location link to open the folder in File Explorer. |
New topics are created by right clicking in the Contents Panel or clicking
File > New > New Topic. Enter the Topic Title and File Name, then
in the Properties set up anything else you need to define.
Above the authoring area is a toolbar whose icons change according to whether focus is on a topic, a table of contents or something else. Just hover over each icon in Adobe RoboHelp 2019 to see what it does. Some of the features are also available in the left toolbar.