Adobe RoboHelp 7: Altering the Toolbar Landscape

by Kevin A. Siegel

 

A typical generated Help system contains the following tools on the toolbar: a Contents button at the left, an Index button in the middle and then other buttons such as Glossary and/or Search.

 

By default, the Contents panel appears first when the Help system is accessed by a user, and the Contents button appears at the far left of the Help window.

 

 

You can easily change both the left-to-right order of the toolbar buttons, and specify any of the project's buttons as the default. In the example below, the Index will be set to be the default panel, and the Index button will be moved into the first position at the left.

 

Change the Default Toolbar and Toolbar Order

1. On the Single Source Layouts pod, right-click either the WebHelp or FlashHelp layout and choose Properties
   
   
2. Click Next to move to the Navigation settings
   
   
3. Select the Index toolbar button and click Set as Default
   
   
4. Select the Index toolbar button and click the Up button until the Index button is in the first position (as shown below)
   
   
   
   
5. Click the Save button
   
   
6. Generate the layout and View the results. You will notice that the Index appears first. In addition, the Index button appears in the first position about the Toolbar buttons.  

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