RoboHELP 8: List of Bugs

[jimauburn]

Can someone point me to the current list of "issues" for RoboHELP 8.

I have been frustrated in the past with Adobe's propensity to fix bugs in its products only through the release of a new version rather than through patches. Will this likely happen with RoboHELP as well?

[johndaigle]

Though there is no one single list, you will find these links cover many of the issues you may refer to:

The RoboHelp service release updates page has some "Readme" files that explain things that were fixed in that update. While you are there, be sure you have the latest update:

http://www.adobe.com/support/robohelp/downloads.html

An excellent resource is Peter Grainge's website where he has a section titled, "Snippets" that goes in to more detail on various outstanding issues along with suggested workarounds (if there are any.)

http://www.grainge.org/pages/snippets/snippets.htm

Also take a look at this Forum's Troubleshooting Guide:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/468200?tstart=0

From time to time, the Adobe engineering and product management team will post comments about issues on their blog:

http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/

Meanwhile, do add your own annoyances and feature suggestions on the Adobe wish list. It is read and the more requests, the better.

RoboHelp  Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form

Thanks
John Daigle

Adobe Certified RoboHelp and Captivate Instructor

www.showmethedemo.com

[Peter Grainge]

This topic is specific to R8. It is not meant to be exhaustive.

http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/rh8/using_rh8.htm

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@petergrainge

[jimauburn]

The TOC pane does not re-open after a project is closed. You must re-open the TOC each time you

open a project.

[Peter Grainge]

Do you mean the TOC pod does not re-open? Yes that is a known problem but I'm not aware of problems with the TOC pane in the outputs.

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@petergrainge

[jimauburn]

Thanks. How long has this problem been "known"? And if it's known, why don't they fix it?

[Peter Grainge]

Ask Adobe.

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@petergrainge

[jimauburn]

Ha! I'd rather watch paint dry.