Webhelp Pro Wizard - Limitations

Hello,
I am trying my first project in RoboHelp, and am beginning
from 0 so I can understand each step. I've tried to generate
different outputs. When trying the Webhelp Pro, the first 2 or 3
times it worked beautiful, but as I began to add more text and
tried the same thing it compiled ok and when I've tried to view the
results I've got the message: "The following items cannot be viewed
using Preview. To test all functionality, publish your project to
the RoboEngine" and the items are: Window Properties, Natural
Language Search, and Project merging.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Beatriz.

Hi Beatriz
Do you understand the fundamental differences between WebHelp
and WebHelp Pro? It may behoove you to investigate what is found by
clicking
this link.
Cheers... Rick

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