Importing dropdown text from Word - Using Word for editing

Hi. I'm in a new position, new to Robohelp (running Robohelp 8) and new to the documentation world, although I have been deeply immersed in Word for years. I'm running word 2007 in my new job.
I am trying to set up a workflow in which documentation is maintained in Word documents that are linked to a Robohelp projects. There is a Robohelp project for each software product.
I have been able to get most of it working, using matched styles, but I can't seem to find information about how to create a structure in Word that will convert into DHTML dropdown and expanding text in Robohelp. I hope I am not overlooking something obvious.
We use dropdown text widely in our documentation, as a tool for offering small amounts (a sentence or a paragraph) of supplemental or explanatory information. Is there a method of preparing this material in Word and then importing it into Robohelp? I don't want to have to recreate it after each import from Word.
Thanks for any guidance or suggestions you can provide!
-- George

Hi folks, Rick chiming in here.
As I see it, there simply isn't a way to format anything in Word that will translate to a DHTML drop-down when it arrives in RoboHelp Happy Land. This is largely because the DHTML drop-downs don't occur by virtue of simply applying CSS. You must use RoboHelp to choose what becomes the drop-down and special code is added. Essentially, the text that is part of the drop down is placed in a special DIV at the top of the topic. Then JavaScript is used to present the DIV.
However, I do have a thought or two. And part of this will require that we ask Willam to chime in as he seems to be our resident RoboHelp Scripting guru.
Here's the thought. You stated that you are being diligent about applying styles. So I'm wondering if you developed a couple of specific styles that you would apply in Word. Then by knowing the name of the styles, assuming these carry over into RoboHelp, you could use the RoboHelp scripting engine to scan the text for the style name and magickally convert that to a DHTML drop-down. Again, only Willam (or Praful from Adobe) can say whether that will work.
The other thought surrounds migrating all of it to RoboHelp and abandoning Word. You have the PowerPoint issue to consider. And again, I'm wondering if CSS can come to our rescue here? My thought on that is that you could have the specific CSS styling in RoboHelp that you are using in Word. When you create the printed output from RoboHelp, hopefully that styling would translate right into the document that could then be used to propagate the PowerPoint.
So there you have it... Live, from Kansas City, MO!
Cheers all... Rick
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