Adobe Software
Publishing Context-Sensitive Help (CSH) with FrameMaker
You’ll need to do two things prior to publishing CSH with FrameMaker: Create CSH markers Create and edit a map (.h) file To publish context-sensitive Help, you need markers in your documents that FrameMaker can use to create links in your output for your developers. FrameMaker uses TopicAlias markers to store map ID information in…
Read MoreRoboHelp 2019 Update 5 now available
Adobe released RoboHelp 2019 Update 5 today. Use the Help > Updates menu item in RoboHelp 2019 to update, or visit https://www.adobe.com/support/robohelp/downloads.html to download the updater manually. (Manual download not yet posted as of Feb 7, 2019, 1:40 pm PST) Interested in RoboHelp 2019 training? I’m running a discounted early adopter training class the week of February…
Read MoreStoring doc variables in MIF files
A client this week ran into a common tech comm problem: She needed to manage a document title, version number, and revision date across a number of documentation sets for her end clients. And she didn’t want to manually update these three pieces of content across dozens of manuals, and hundreds of documents. We decided…
Read MoreUsing Font Awesome for custom bullet images
I’ve used the icons available in the free Font Awesome font to create cool custom bullet icons for a couple of years now. It’s easy to download, and even the free version has over 1,400 high-quality icons to choose from. Setting up FontAwesome There are a number of ways to use this great resource, but…
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