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Greg Cone

Greg Cone

Help Development Solutions, Inc.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Designing Windows for Online Help
  3. Adding Help Graphics and Multimedia
  4. Developing the Help Table of Contents
  5. Developing Your Navigation
  6. Developing the Help Index
  7. Ideas for Generating Index Entries
  8. Step-By-Step Strategy for Constructing a Help System
Created:
3 May 2004
User Level:
Beginner
Products:
Robohelp

Creating Online Help (Part 2): Strategies and Implementation

As I mention in my previous article, Creating Online Help (Part 1): Design and Development Considerations, developing an online Help system involves three primary acts: creating topics, designing the windows within which your topics appear, and organizing ways for users to navigate from topic to topic within those windows. Now that I've explained what some of the topic design considerations are, let's focus on creating actual windows and navigation. This article also contributes some insights on embellishing your content to make it look professional and easy to understand.

Requirements

To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software and files:

Macromedia RoboHelp

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About the author

Greg Cone, is president of Help Development Solutions, Inc., an Atlanta-based training company committed to transforming technical writers into RoboHelp experts. He is a Certified RoboHelp Instructor and Consultant who currently conducts training workshops on the use of RoboHelp Office.