Microsoft HTML Help topics

Microsoft HTML Help topics have the .HTM or .HTML extension because they use the HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) formatting language. But you don't have to know the HTML language, since RoboHELP provides you with a special WYSIWYG word processor to create your .HTM topics.

Topic handling

HTML Help projects are based on the idea that you have one main topic per file that may or may not include numerous subtopics, known as bookmarks. Your topics are saved as HTML files, using the .HTM extension. Each topic file contains text, images, hyperlinks, multimedia, ActiveX controls, Dynamic HTML, HTML Help objects, etc. Unlike WinHelp, which assigns unique topic IDs, HTML Help identifies topics by their titles that you define when you create each topic.

Topic organization

There is more than one way to create an HTML-based project and organize the information. It's up to you to determine how to organize your contents to suit the needs of your project. You can have one topic per HTML file, one main topic with numerous subtopics within a single file, or a combination of both. You can even create custom folders and subfolders to organize and manage your HTML topics.