Can you just merge a topic?

[goinwokn_]

I have 15 projects.  Different departments see different projects.  Sometimes there are topics we want all departments to see.   Is there a way to merge a topic from one project into another project?  I want to be able to update the topic from the home project and the updates also show up in the merged topic.  We have a very old version of Robo '95.  In '95 we would import a doc into another project and then could update it in the home project or the one we imported into.  It was like when you opened the topic in the new project, you were opening the home project to update.

[Peter Grainge]

I believe that may have been possible in the version you have.

Calling Mr Stone - Your knowledge goes way back, does this ring a bell?

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[goinwokn_]

I was wondering if there was a work-around in Robohelp 8 that could accomplish the same thing?

[Captiv8r]

Hi gang

I'd love to respond but am nearly out the door for some apprenticeship training. I'll look in this afternoon.

Cheers... Rick

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[SallieLeo1]

I have a similar need and am unsure how to efficiently proceed. I currently have one project. I need to create a second project that contains only a portion of the content of the first project. The two projects have two different user groups. I will need to update any shared topics simultaneously if possible. I am working in RH5. Is there a process to achieve this? I am a novice user.

Thanks,

Sallie

[Captiv8r]

Hi all

Okay, first things first here.

For starters, what is the output type we are all using? WinHelp? HTML Help? WebHelp? FlashHelp?

I'm seeing there are two users in this thread. The first is reporting RoboHelp 95? Does this mean you are using RoboHelp for Word?

Cheers... Rick

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[Peter Grainge]

... and Sallie's problem is different. Sallie please start a new thread or things will become very confused. You might like to take a look at the merged help articles on my site to decide whether you feel able to try that out. It is not as difficult as it might appear at first.

If you do decide to proceed I can outline what you would need to consider if you create a new thread. Do include what type of help you want to merge.

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[goinwokn_]

We are currently using Robohelp 95 and upgrading to Robohelp 8.  We are using Webhelp to publish.  I was wondering if there is a way to merge a topic rather than the whole project in Robohelp 8

[Captiv8r]

Hi there

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by merging a topic. Are you wanting to display a single topic that is from another help system or something and have it appear as if it's actually inside the current system?

Assuming that's what you want to accomplish, I'm thinking you could probably make it happen by creating a topic that is essentially blank. Then insert an Inline Frame (IFRAME) and configure the IFRAME to present the other topic. Note that if you are relying on Search, you won't be able to locate the topic as the content isn't really inside the current project. It is inside a different project.

Cheers... Rick

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