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> Question: Is it possible to use a Word template to create printed
> documentation, and then to use the same files to create html help? The
> reason I ask is because, according to its documentation, Robohelp HTML
> doesn't recognize Word templates or (as far as I can tell) allow them to
> be
> imported into a help project.
>
> If not, is there some other way to do this -- i.e., use a Word template
> for
> the printed documentation, but still be able to create html help from it?
>
David, we haven't tried to create HTML Help files, if that is what you are
wanting to do, but we have had success creating HTML pages from MS Word
templated documents using a product from InfoAccess called "HTML Transit."
To get more information and a trial copy, if you want, go to their web site, http://www.infoaccess.com.
Tom Murrell
(Not affiliated in any way with InfoAccess, so I don't make a dime from this
endorsement.)
