Adobe RoboHelp 9 ACE exam is now available!

Become an ACE in Adobe RoboHelp 9 by taking the Adobe Certified Expert exam. The Adobe RoboHelp 9 certification exam comprises of 66 multiple-choice questions and you will need a minimum of 62% to pass the exam. The certification exam has a time limit of 75 minutes, and includes a timer to mark the remaining time.

Exam Registration:

Follow this link to register for the exam and take your first step to become an ACE in Adobe RoboHelp 9!

Exam Preparation:

The following are typical tasks that you should already be able to perform:

• Author content targeted toward end users including manuals, online tutorials, and knowledgebase articles
• Manage content workflows that incorporate collaboration with other authors and subject matter experts
• Create help content that provides access to external Web content
• Create context-sensitive help
• Create content that can be distributed/published via multichannels and multidevices including CHM/HTML, Adobe AIR, PDF, and EPUB
• Use supplied scripts
• Use existing skins and edit skins (WebHelp and AIR Help)
• Imports external content (for example, Microsoft Word, Adobe FrameMaker, XML, and HTML files)
• Create content such that it can be easily reused

Exam Topics include:

• Customizing the environment (workspace) and application
  • Given a scenario, create an environment
  • Given a scenario, configure application- and project-level settings (General, Recent Projects, and File Association tabs)
• Creating and managing projects
  • Create a project by selecting the appropriate settings in the New Project Wizard dialog box
  • Create and import topics into a project
  • Given a scenario, create a merged project
  • Given a scenario, generate reports and identify solutions for reported problems
• Editing topics
  • Given a property of a topic, explain the purpose of that property. (Properties include: title, master page, status, indexing, search keyword, exclude from search)
  • Change the appearance of a topic by using style sheets and master pages
• Importing content
  • Evaluate and modify a Microsoft Word document to ensure it can be efficiently imported into RoboHelp
  • Evaluate and modify a FrameMaker doc to ensure it can be efficiently imported into RoboHelp
  • Import XML files
• Working with styles and master pages
  • Create style sheets
  • Create master pages
  • Create and use styles
• Creating and managing lists and tables
  • Create and manage lists
  • Create and manage tables
• Creating links and user navigation
  • Create and edit links
  • Create and manage bookmarks
  • Create and manage TOCs
  • Create and manage indexes
  • Create and manage See Also and Related Topics buttons
  • Create an image map link
  • Create and manage breadcrumb navigation
  • Create and manage glossaries
• Inserting graphics and multimedia
  • Insert and manage graphics
  • Given a multimedia type, insert and manage that multimedia type. (Multimedia types include: Captivate, MP3, SWF, AVI, FLV)
• Creating and editing reusable content
  • Create and manage User Defined Variables
  • Create and manage snippets
  • Use Resource Manager to create, manage, and share resources
• Inserting DHTML
  • Create and manage User Defined Variables
  • Create and manage drop-down menus
  • Create and manage expanding hotspots
  • Create and manage text-only popups
• Creating conditional build tags
  • Create and manage conditional build tags
  • Attach conditional build tags to project assets
  • Create conditional output
• Implementing context-sensitive Help
  • Given a scenario, identify the tasks a content author performs to implement context-sensitive Help
  • Implement automatic CSH mapping
  • Given a scenario, identify the steps to test context-sensitive Help
• Managing the spell checker and search
  • Manage language settings and dictionaries
  • Create and manage keywords and synonyms
  • Given a set of user requirements, set up search
  • Implement external content search
• Generating and distributing output
  • Given a Single Source Layout, select the appropriate properties for that Single Source Layout. (Single Source Layouts include: FlashHelp, HTML Help, WebHelp, Adobe AIR, Printed Documentation, XML Layout ePub Format).
  • Given a set of user requirements, generate a Single Source Layout
  • Given a Single Source Layout, create a checklist for distributing the output
• Implementing review and collaboration
  • Implement different types of review and collaboration
  • Import and manage comments and tracked changes
• Working with skins
  • Create and manage skins
  • List and describe the functionality of the WebHelp Skin Editor
  • Given a scenario, determine which type of skin should be used. (Skin types include: AIR Help, FlashHelp, and WebHelp)
• Automating tasks
  • Given a scenario, configure a script
  • Create, manage, and run scripts
• Working with other applications
  • Manage linked FrameMaker and Word documents
  • Given a scenario, identify the benefits of hosting the output on a RoboHelp server
  • Given a scenario, identify the benefits of using RoboSource Control
  • Create, edit, and manage screen captures by using RoboScreenCapture

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Good luck!

Ankur Jain
Product Manager – Technical Communication Suite | RoboHelp | RoboHelp Server
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