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- <h1>About outputs</h1>
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- <p>Authors have different platforms, viewers, features, and goals to consider
- when theyÆre creating online documentation. Some end users have Microsoft
- Windows applications and others have UNIX or Web-based applications. End
- users may have only one type of browser on their system and others may
- use several. These differences require authors to carefully consider how
- to deliver projects that are compatible with all their end usersÆ needs.</p>
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- <p>In RoboHelp, you can create different outputs (also called "Help
- formats") that meet the different needs of end users. The output
- files run on different viewers and platforms, support different features,
- and display various interfaces. These differences can be subtle to users,
- but authors need to be aware of the characteristics of the formats theyÆre
- creating. In the RoboHelp Starter, when you create a new project you select
- an output (your project format).</p>
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- <p>If your system is inside a Web-based application and your end users
- can potentially use any browser or platform they want, you should choose
- an output that runs on the Web and doesn't require a specific browser
- to display correctly. In this case, you could choose WebHelp, which is
- cross-platform and browser-independent. If you want server-based feedback
- reports about how people used your system, you could choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>WebHelp
- Pro</B></span> as your output (<a HREF="../RHE/About_RoboEngine.htm">RoboEngine</a>
- is required for WebHelp Pro).</p>
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- <h2>Basic characteristics</h2>
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- <p>While there are definite differences among the outputs, they also share
- similarities. A few universal features you'll see include:</p>
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- organization support (such as multi-level indexes and tables of contents)</p></li>
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- class=kadov-p-CBULLETS><p class=BULLETS>Popup topics (links that
- open a topic in a small window that appears on top of the main window)</p></li>
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- <li style="font-size: 8pt;"
- class=kadov-p-CBULLETS><p class=BULLETS>Browse sequences (links
- that allow users to move forward and backward through a series of topics
- arranged in a specific order)</p></li>
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- class=kadov-p-CBULLETS><p class=BULLETS>Related Topics or See Also
- cross-references (links to other topics containing related subjects)</p></li>
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- class=kadov-p-CBULLETS><p class=BULLETS>Full-text search (a feature
- that allows users to search for words that are used within the content
- of topics) </p></li>
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- <li style="font-size: 8pt;"
- class=kadov-p-CBULLETS><p class=BULLETS>Context-sensitive Help
- (topics providing information in the context of what users see on the
- screen)</p></li>
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- <p class=tip><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Tip:</B></span> For more information
- about the project formats RoboHelp supports, see <a href="Outputs_available.htm">Project
- formats available</a>.</p>
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