1 Reply Latest reply: Jun 6, 2014 7:49 AM by HelpAuthor1

Can Robohelp 11 generate PDFs using an outside style template similar to what is done with DITA?

CathyR-Fico Jun 5, 2014 8:13 AM

We're just upgrading to Robohelp 11 from RH9 and need some help with the following process.

I'm currently working on a project where the project manager wants the PDFs auto generated out of RH totally finished. What I mean by this is that when RH generates a PDF, the PDF already has the formatted footer/headers and tables (i.e., the header rows repeat when the table spans page breaks), the correct paragraph styles, and the cover as required by the company standards. Currently, we have to format the docs manually using the following steps:

generate a Word doc
attach the correct style template to the Word doc
Insert the formatted headers/footers in the Word
adjust the Word doc page layout
Tables - Format the table properties to repeat the header row when the tables span page breaks and fix the table cell border to all have the same color
Generate a PDF
In Adobe Acrobat, insert the cover PDF into the newly generated doc PDF.

Am I missing a simple way to generate PDFs with the cover & styles that I need?

1. Re: Can Robohelp 11 generate PDFs using an outside style template similar to what is done with DITA?

HelpAuthor1 Jun 6, 2014 7:49 AM (in response to CathyR-Fico)

My Word docs come out of RoboHelp with the footers, headers, etc. I don't have any pages with tables that break across pages, so I can't speak to that one. I do not have a full version of Acrobat and have not been able to create a PDF from RoboHelp 11 yet, which seems to be consistent with some others' experiences.

But in RoboHelp 11, using the Printed Documentation Single Source Layout, you can define all your page design features, define a Title Page, etc. quite well.

- Susan
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