Hi again CrystalKirk
Ahhh, it sounds like you are using the "RoboHelp Starter"
application. As I recall, when you examine each option listed there
it outlines what each project is capable of. So I'm going to hazard
a guess here and assume you have examined each type listed and are
still confused for some reason.
When you purchase RoboHelp Office (regardless of whether it's
the "Pro" version or not) you have the ability to use either
RoboHelp for Word or RoboHelp HTML. RoboHelp began life back around
1989 or 1990 as a "Word add on" that facilitated creating documents
that would be used to later create WinHelp help files. This format
has a file extension of .HLP and was predominantly used in Windows
3.1, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95.
Then Windows 98 came along and introduced the .CHM format.
This one is HTML based. As you might imagine, help authoring tools
adapted to create the new format. Word produces awful HTML, so
folks used dedicated HTML editors. RoboHelp HTML was also created
in order to create HTML Help (.CHM format) files.
I'd say that the answer as to which environment to use will
depend on your output format. Unless you are only going to be
creating WinHelp (.HLP format) files, I'd suggest using RoboHelp
HTML.
Now for the output type. You seemed to confirm that you do
indeed have RoboHelp Office Professional. This package should
include the RoboEngine. But here another quagmire can exist. It's
not uncommon at all for a company to purchase this simply because
it's "the best". I have no clue as to whether needs were assessed
first and the pro version was selected as a result or whether sales
simply talked your management into the pro version because it's the
top of the line model. So the question remains, are you actually
planning on exploiting the capabilities of the RoboEngine? If so,
you are addiing a layer of complexity to your help system. If you
are using generic WebHelp, you simply have more at your disposal
than you will really use.
Hopefully this helps... Rick