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LEGEND
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Hi skoldpadda
I'm guessing that Leon won't see this until tomorrow morning, so hopefully he won't mind my offering some insights in his logically deduced absence.
First off, notice there is no "Save As" in RoboHelp HTML. The closest we can come is to right click the topic in the Project Explorer and choose "Duplicate Topic". You are then free to move that duplicated topic to any folder you choose. Then you can rename it if you want.
However, I might suggest that if indeed these topics are identical, you are setting yourself up for problems down the road by sprinkling duplicate copies all over your project. With HTML related things, the mantra is to simply point at duplicate information. Maintain only a single copy and point at that copy from wherever you can. Part of the problem issue stems from the fact that if you were to change any of these topics, you then would have to remember to visit all other instances of that topic and make changes.
If your goal is to link them to the TOC, note that you can easily list single topics in multiple places there. You aren't limited to a 1-1 relationship and topics can appear in your TOC an unlimited number of times. If you have reasons other than the TOC, you might get away with using Redirect topics.
Hopefully this helps... Rick
I'm guessing that Leon won't see this until tomorrow morning, so hopefully he won't mind my offering some insights in his logically deduced absence.
First off, notice there is no "Save As" in RoboHelp HTML. The closest we can come is to right click the topic in the Project Explorer and choose "Duplicate Topic". You are then free to move that duplicated topic to any folder you choose. Then you can rename it if you want.
However, I might suggest that if indeed these topics are identical, you are setting yourself up for problems down the road by sprinkling duplicate copies all over your project. With HTML related things, the mantra is to simply point at duplicate information. Maintain only a single copy and point at that copy from wherever you can. Part of the problem issue stems from the fact that if you were to change any of these topics, you then would have to remember to visit all other instances of that topic and make changes.
If your goal is to link them to the TOC, note that you can easily list single topics in multiple places there. You aren't limited to a 1-1 relationship and topics can appear in your TOC an unlimited number of times. If you have reasons other than the TOC, you might get away with using Redirect topics.
Hopefully this helps... Rick
LEGEND
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Hi again skoldpadda
Sorry, I forgot to add one other way. If these topics simply contain some information that is used as a starting point, then you will modify them to become unique, you should make a Topic Template out of them. This is easily accomplished via the Right-Click menu. Also, you might find the following link useful if this sounds at all like something of interest.
Click here to read the article
Cheers... Rick
Sorry, I forgot to add one other way. If these topics simply contain some information that is used as a starting point, then you will modify them to become unique, you should make a Topic Template out of them. This is easily accomplished via the Right-Click menu. Also, you might find the following link useful if this sounds at all like something of interest.
Click here to read the article
Cheers... Rick
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