ExecuTrain Houston

Online Adobe Integrating the Technical Communication Suite

This one-day class gives you a hands-on introduction to the core applications that make up the Adobe Technical Communications Suite: FrameMaker, Captivate and RoboHelp. You will spend some time in each of the applications, and learn how you can integrate them.

Goals
Learn the strengths of Framemaker, RoboHelp, and Captivate. Learn how Adobe’s Technical Communications Suite integrates the three.

Audience
Tech writers, online training authors, help developers, and their managers.

PreRequisites
Good mouse and Windows skills
You do not have to know Framemaker, RoboHelp, or Captivate to profit from this hands-on overview of the Adobe Technical Communication Suite.

Next Steps
Captivate 3 at Connect Learning
Online Framemaker (coming soon)
Online RoboHelp (coming soon)
Online Captivate (coming soon)

Outline
An Introduction to Adobe FrameMaker 8

Working Effectively with Microsoft Word

• Remove Formatting from a Word Document
• Apply Word Styles to Paragraphs
• Import a Word Document into FrameMaker

An Introduction to Adobe Captivate

• Captivate Recording Types and Modes
• Set the Recording Type and Options
• Record a Captivate Demonstration
• Custom Captivate Projects
• Record a Custom Project 26

An Introduction to Adobe RoboHelp

• What you can do in RoboHelp?
• RoboHelp Single Source Layouts
• Generate FlashHelp

Integrate the Technical Communication Suite

• Publish a Captivate Project
• Import a Published Captivate SWF into FrameMaker
• Edit a Captivate Project through FrameMaker
• Create an Interactive PDF
• Create a New RoboHelp Project
• Attach a CSS to a Topic
• Link a FrameMaker Book into a RoboHelp Project
• Edit the FrameMaker Document Settings
• Map Styles
• Control Topic Pagination
• Edit FrameMaker Content
• Add an Associated TOC and Index
• Assign a TOC and Index to a RoboHelp Layout

A copy of the coursebook and the data files will be sent to you prior to the start of the class.