Sams Teach Yourself RoboHELP 2000 for HTML Help in 24 Hours quickly empowers you to create Help systems using Microsoft's new HTML Help format. Using her classroom-proven methods, Char provides you with an understanding of the new Help format, and guides you through the use of Blue-Sky's award-winning development tool, enabling you to create your own HTML Help systems quickly and easily. After completing the 24 1-hour lessons, you will be able to edit cascading stylesheets, include charts and other graphics in Help systems, create Topics and link them with hyperlinks, add HTML Help Objects for increased functionality, create easy to use navigation systems, and much more without writing a single line of HTML code.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Makes this more complicated than it is....:
I'm self-taught in a lot of different areas and have used a great many books of this type. The author needs to pare this down to the essentials before going into so many details. One problem is that she covers things like how to make DHTML effects before she covers something as essential as how to make a table of contents. She also tries to offer too much information in each page -- there are too many little "hint" boxes with information that you don't need to know yet. Larger graphics would be helpful, as... more info
Makes this more complicated than it is....:
I'm self-taught in a lot of different areas and have used a great many books of this type. The author needs to pare this down to the essentials before going into so many details. One problem is that she covers things like how to make DHTML effects before she covers something as essential as how to make a table of contents. She also tries to offer too much information in each page -- there are too many little "hint" boxes with information that you don't need to know yet. Larger graphics would be helpful, as... more info
Nice outline, poor writing:
Looking through the TOC for this book, I was impressed at the extent to which it covered the applications of RoboHelp. But, once I started using the book, I found myself spending progressively more time trying to understand what the author was saying.
The structure for a good book is here, it just needs a few more months on the desks of some good editors.
An excellent guide for new users:
If you don't have the time or budget to go to a hands-on training class, this book is the best way to learn to use RoboHELP to create HTML Help. In 24 digestible chunks, the book leads you through all the major features of the product. There are plenty of tips to help you get started on the right foot, as well more advanced technical topics to help you "push the envelope" if you're inclined that way.
The author obviously knows her stuff, and I would recommend this book to anyone wanting a comprehensive... more info
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