Creating printed documents

Use the Document Wizard to produce printed documentation from your HTML projects. The Document Wizard takes you step-by-step through an easy selection process and then automatically creates your printed documentation. The Document Wizard supports Microsoft Word 95, 97 and 2000. If you have several versions on your system, the Wizard will prompt you to select the Word version to use.

To start the Document Wizard:

  1. Open the RoboHELP project to use as printed documentation.

  2. From the File menu, select Generate - Printed Documentation.
    The Document Wizard opens. You'll be prompted through a series of screens that offer different options for specifying how you want to create the printed documentation.

  3. Specify where you want to save the printed documents. By default, the program creates a subfolder in your project folder titled "PrintDoc" and saves the files in this location.

To change the path, click , navigate to the drive/directory where you want to save the documents, and click Save.

  1. Specify the file name for the printed documentation. By default, the program bases the .DOC file name on the name of your Help project. (For example, if your project is called caribbean.mpj, the default name for the printed documentation is caribbean.doc.)

  2. Select the source files to convert. By default, the program selects all topics (*.HTM files) in your project.

  1. Click Next to specify style options.

  2. Click Next to specify tables of contents, index and glossary options.

  3. Click Next to specify text color options.

  4. Click Next to specify page options.

  5. Click Finish. The Document Wizard builds the printed documentation files. When the wizard completes the process, it displays a dialog.

  6. Click View Result. Microsoft Word opens and your document files are prepared for viewing and editing.

Note: HTML bulleted and numbered lists are only supported in Word 97 and 2000. In Word 95, the bullet and number formats are not included with the text. You can reapply bullets and numbering to the text after you open the documents in Word 95.