About This Book

About the Author

Kevin A. Siegel is the founder and president of IconLogic, Inc. He has written more than 100 step-by-step computer training books, including Essentials of Adobe Captivate 4, Essentials of Adobe Captivate 3, Essentials of Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Essentials of QuarkXPress 7, Accelerated QuarkXPress 6, Essentials of Adobe InDesign CS3, Essentials of Adobe PageMaker 7 and Essentials of Adobe RoboHelp 6 HTML.

Kevin spent five years in the U.S. Coast Guard as an award-winning photojournalist and has more than 25 years experience as a print publisher and technical writer. He is a certified technical trainer, has been a classroom instructor for more than 16 years and is a frequent speaker at trade shows and conventions. Kevin holds multiple certifications from Adobe and the CompTIA. You can reach Kevin at ksiegel@iconlogic.com.

About IconLogic Books

IconLogic books are unique! They are created by instructors with years of software training experience. Before IconLogic books, our instructors rarely found a book that was perfect for a classroom setting. If the book was beautiful, odds were that the text was too small to read and hard to follow. If the text in a book was the right size, the quality of exercises left something to be desired.

Finally tiring of using inadequate materials, our instructors started teaching without any books. Over the years, we’ve had many students ask if the in-class instruction came from a book. If so, they said they’d buy the book. That sparked an idea. We asked students — just like you — what they wanted in a training manual. You responded, and the results appear in this book.

We hope you enjoy the book. If you have any comments or questions, please see page x for our contact information.

Book Conventions

This book has been divided into several modules. Since each module builds on lessons learned in a previous module, we recommend that you complete each module in succession.

During every module, you will be guided through lessons step by step. Instructions for you to follow will look like this:

• instructions for you to follow will look like this

If you are expected to type anything or if something is important, it will be set in bold type like this:

• type 9 in the box

If you are expected to press a key on your keyboard, the key will be in brackets like this:

• press [Ctrl]

Confidence Checks

You will also come across the little guy at the right. He indicates a Confidence Check. Throughout each module you will be guided through hands-on exercises. But at some point you’ll have to fend for yourself. That is where Confidence Checks come in. They’re very important. You must be sure to complete each of them because some exercises build on completed Confidence Checks.

Student Data Files

The data files necessary to complete the student activities in this book are available for download via our Web site. You will be walked through the steps necessary to download the files during the following activity.

Student Activity: Download Data Files From the IconLogic Data Files Server

Software and System Requirements

You will need the following software and hardware before beginning the lessons in this book:

Adobe RoboHelp 8 (you can download a trial version from www.adobe.com/products/robohelp/), 1GHz or faster processor, Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit editions); 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended); 1.2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; 1,024x768 display (1,280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card.

Need More Books?

We are proud to offer books on the following subjects:

Print Publishing (Page Layout)

InDesign CS2 through CS3

QuarkXPress versions 7 through 8

Graphics and Multimedia Tools

Captivate versions 2 through 4

PowerPoint 2002

Help Authoring/Technical Communication

Adobe RoboHelp HTML versions 6 through 8

Introduction to Adobe’s Technical Communication Suite 2 (An Introduction to Adobe RoboHelp, Captivate and FrameMaker)

Web Page Design and Development

Dreamweaver versions 8 through CS3

HTML Basics

Writing and Grammar

Abrams’ Guide to Grammar: 2nd Edition

Adobe Captivate 3: Script Writing and Production Guide

Print Publishing (Page Layout)

InDesign CS2 through CS3

And there are more coming all the time.

To order, contact

IconLogic, Inc.
3320 Breckenridge Way | Riva, MD 21140 | 410.956.4949
Web: www.iconlogic.com | Email: iconlogic@iconlogic.com

Special Thanks

I’d like to thank John Daigle, Rick Stone, Peter Grainge, Joyce Nolan, Lorraine Smith, Kim Wendkos, AJ Barker, Barbara Ash and Janet Tonner for their hard work and support during the production of this book.

~ Kevin A. Siegel