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Summary: Not the same level as Adobe Classroom in a Book
Review: A followup to my initial review. The book is okay but it didn't really give me enough background information so I could take the exercises and move forward to new and fantastic on-line help systems. I would liked to have more indepth discussion of the exercises.
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Summary: Not the same level as Adobe Classroom in a Book
Review: A followup to my initial review. The book is okay but it didn't really give me enough background information so I could take the exercises and move forward to new and fantastic on-line help systems. I would liked to have more indepth discussion of the exercises.
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Summary: I Learned RoboHelp X5 Successfully & Economically
Review: As an independent computer consultant, I've been interested in RoboHelp for some time. However, the cost of enrolling in a 3-day RoboHelp class, which seems to begin at $1,000, prompted me to research books such as these as an alternative. And, I'm glad I did. I've found it to be an excellent book in tutorial format! I downloaded the Macromedia RoboHelp X5 15-day trial version and used it to complete all assignments and still had plenty of time left in the trial version to play with my stuff! I was also able to complete the book's End-Course Project without having to use any of the lessons as a reference. However, as my personal Final Exam, I wanted to see how well I could repurpose several of my Word and PDF documents so I imported a combination of 15 files into RoboHelp with ease. Well, somewhat with ease, the exception being PDF files. RoboHelp creates several Header, Heading, Paragraph and Footer styles from the PDF source during the import process that will require some clean up, but, with a little patience, it's easily done. Each of my documents was a minimum of 75+ pages in length that contained several heading styles, spreadsheets, graphics, and multimedia objects. Since I own Flash MX, and, just for grins, I customized one of the included Flash skins and also used it. (Note: this book is geared only towards RoboHelp.) I successfully completed my personal Final Exam in which I had linked/cross-linked several books/topics into a comprehensive help application. For me, this book has been a good investment.
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Summary: Not bad but....
Review: I've just completed the first 1/2 of the book and I feel that it is a bit light. The good thing is that it includes a CD-ROM with all the material needed to complete the course and following the progression of the book provides a good building block approach. However, there are areas where I would like to see more depth in what it is teaching at the point you are introduced to the feature. It would be nice if the book was in electronic form on the CD with additional links so you could dig a bit deeper into the module/feature if you wanted to.I will write more when I've completed the course.
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Summary: Not bad but....
Review: I've just completed the first 1/2 of the book and I feel that it is a bit light. The good thing is that it includes a CD-ROM with all the material needed to complete the course and following the progression of the book provides a good building block approach. However, there are areas where I would like to see more depth in what it is teaching at the point you are introduced to the feature. It would be nice if the book was in electronic form on the CD with additional links so you could dig a bit deeper into the module/feature if you wanted to. I will write more when I've completed the course.
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Summary: Great Way to Learn RoboHelp
Review: This book what just what I needed to untangle the complexities of RoboHelp. The author, Kevin Siegel, walks you through each step of creating a project, always building on the previous lessons learned. There are many tips, confidence building activities and clear explanations of each RoboHelp feature. Great book at a bargain price.
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Summary: Outstanding Book w/simple explanations
Review: This step by step book is easy to follow and leaves out all of the boring stuff that isn't really necessary in getting the concept being learned. This is one of the most simplistic style textbooks I have ever used in the computer industry.
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