Mastering WebWorks ePublisher Pro
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How will I benefit?
After taking the course, you will be equipped to work more efficiently and effectively, and to maximise the benefits of this powerful online Help development tool. The course is customized to your needs, and provides many practical guidelines and tips for creating the most suitable Help format for your technical environment.
Course duration
One to two days, depending on your objectives and previous experience.
Course outline
- How to get the best from WebWorks ePublisher Pro
- A guided tour of the WebWorks ePublisher Pro user interface
- Creating a new WebWorks ePublisher Pro project
- Generating the online output
- Formatting your online content
- Working with page layouts
- Managing online navigation
- Working with images
- Working with tables
- Context-sensitive Help
- WebWorks ePublisher Pro Stationery
- Advanced WebWorks ePublisher Pro techniques
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How to get the best from WebWorks ePublisher Pro
- Devising an effective single-sourcing strategy
- Understanding and comparing the different Help formats (HTML Help, WebWorks Help, JavaHelp, etc.)
- Designing online Help that addresses the real needs of users
Introducing WebWorks ePublisher Pro
- Understanding the fundamental principles, concepts, and workflow
- Guided tour of the WebWorks ePublisher Pro user interface
- Customizing the workspace
- For Word user only: Overview of WebWorks Transit for Word
Creating a new WebWorks ePublisher Pro project
- Working within the Document Manager
- Understanding and working with groups
- Adding Word documents or FrameMaker books
- Setting an appropriate scanning option
- Converting a RoboHelp project—issues to be aware of
Generating the online output
- Selecting an appropriate output format
- Generating previews and output
- Generating multi-volume Help
- Generating PDF output
- Viewing the online output
Formatting your online content
- Understanding the difference between the Document Designer and the Style Designer
- Tips for setting up paragraph and character styles
- Understanding how styles inherit properties from the source document and from parent styles
- Formatting multi-level bulleted and numbered lists
Working with pages
- Setting page break priorities to create separate Help topics (HTML pages)
- Understanding how and where to add bread crumbs and mini-TOCs
- Modifying the layout and appearance of pages
Managing online navigation
- Creating a table of contents (TOC)
- Strategy for creating a comprehensive and useable index
- Modifying how cross-references are mapped to online hyperlinks
- When and how to create Related Topics
- When and how to create popup windows
- When and how to add DHTML drop-down hotspots
Working with images
- Understanding graphics formats and transparency
- Creating an optimised graphics style for your online requirements
- Modifying the size and position of images
- Creating thumbnail images
- Creating hyperlinked images
Working with tables
- Creating table styles
- Modifying the height, width, and appearance of tables
Context-sensitive Help
- Understanding the principles of context-sensitive Help
- Two alternative strategies for working with the application programmers
- Embedding topic IDs in the source document
WebWorks ePublisher Pro Stationery
- Understanding the benefits of Stationery
- Creating suitable Stationery
- Using Stationery to create a new project
Advanced WebWorks ePublisher Pro techniques
- Creating and working with conditional text to support your single-sourcing strategy
- Managing format settings
- Creating format overrides (used for customizing the properties of an output format for a specific project)
- Customizing page.asp
- Using a custom CSS document
