Feature
Description
HTML5
Responsive layouts
Adobe RoboHelp 10 introduced Multiscreen HTML5 allowing you to create different layouts for different devices, one for desktop, one for phones, one for tablets, whatever you want to set up. Read more...
Adobe RoboHelp 11 introduces Responsive layouts where one design morphs according to the screen or window size.
When you click New Responsive Layout, you will see a link to check for new layouts.
A simplified editor has been introduced for responsive layouts. Read more...
Printed Documentation and Master Pages
Enhanced Master Page Toolbar
The Master Page toolbar has been enhanced to make it easier to add placeholders to your master pages.
Headers and Footers
Using Master Pages that you create to meet your requirements, Adobe RoboHelp 11 introduces headers and footers in your printed documentation.
Page Numbering
Some users found the TOC displayed incorrect page numbers in Word unless it was refreshed. That has been fixed. Read more...
Multiple documents in the same folder
In previous versions, only one document could be in the target folder. Now you can have more, provided of course the name is different. Read more...
SWF files
SWF files will now survive the trip to Word and PDF formats. Read more...
Collaboration
Cloud sharing for topics and resources
You can now add cloud-based services to Resource Manager.
Adobe RoboHelp 11 ships with Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive pre-configured. You can either
Include the root folder of these services in Resource Manager so that all your resources are available to you.
Include just the sub-folder that you will be sharing. You specify which folder(s) will be shared using the settings on the service used.
Your co-authors can do the same but they will only see the folders you have shared with them.
You can right click individual topics or a bunch of topics in the Topic List or Project Manager and click Resource Manager > Share. It's that simple.
RoboHelp will copy the topic to the cloud along with any dependent files such as images, style sheets and master pages. When the topic is taken into other projects, the dependent files will be downloaded as well. The shared topics can be moved to any folder in the other projects as can the dependent files, you don't have to keep the same relative path as in the original topic.
The topic and the dependencies will remain synchronized or you can make certain changes:
You can apply a different Master Page.
You can have different Snippet content.
You can apply a different CSS file.
You can change the images.
The placeholder for UDVs will be retained allowing a local UDV to be created with the values needed in each project.
Master pages linked to a topic will automatically by shared or you can share them independently in the same way.
Toolbar changes
There are new toolbar icons to make synchronizing shared resources easier. Read more...
New RoboHelp 11 User Interface
Colors and contrast modernized
It is now easier to read the tab labels and to see which topic has focus. The colors have been changed to provide much better contrast.
Windows 8
Windows 8 supported
Adobe RoboHelp 11 is supported on Microsoft Windows 8.
Office 2013
Office 2013 supported
Microsoft Office 2013 (Office 15) is supported with Adobe RoboHelp 11.
Captivate 7 Integration
HTML5 support
You can enhance your help files with show-me demos created with Adobe Captivate 7 and its HTML5 output. This will make it easy to provide animated videos and tutorials. Read more...
Convert text to UDV
Convert a string to a UDV
You can select a string of text and use a script to convert the string to a UDV throughout your project. There is an option to make the process case sensitive.