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MADCAP: UPGRADE TO FLARE VERSION 3.1; ANALYZER COMING SOON
----UPGRADE TO FLARE VERSION 3.1-------
We are pleased to announce that Flare v3.1 is now available.
We continue to shape and add features to Flare, based on
customer feedback and innovative ideas that improve productivity
and customer experience.
In addition to many productivity enhancements, some of the new
features YOU asked for, that have been implemented in Version
3.1 include:
- Tab between User Interface Elements
- Running HF Variables Available in Word Output
- Custom Size for Topic Popups
- Print Output Enhancements:
- TOC Depth for Heading Levels (i.e., base print TOC on
online TOC structure)
- Headings for Unlinked Books in Generated TOC
- Remove Images from Headings in Generated TOC
- Exclude Accordion Titles from WebHelp Output
- Ignore Glossary Terms in Styles, allowing automatic conversion
to links for specific styles
- Skin Styles for Feedback Registration Dialog
- Skin Styles for CHM Feedback
- Include Stop Words in Search (such as an and the)
- Show Navigation Link in WebHelp Standalone Topics
- Link to CHM Files from DotNet Help and WebHelp
- Preserve Original Image Size in FrameMaker Imports
We are dedicated to our customers and the community. We continue
to listen to your ideas and add features most requested. Please
continue to send feedback to http://www.madcapsoftware.com/featurerequest
When Madcap Software became aware that our company was
concerned about generating print documentation that did not
reference the heading levels in the TOC they responded
immediately. Within a week of highlighting this issue we
received a patch. We worked closely with a single support
representative and with Madcap's quick, friendly and effective
response we were able to test and enhance the fix until we were
happy it met our needs. MadCap truly goes above and beyond
any other vendors to support its customer's needs!"
--Karlene Robinson
Global Documentation Manager, ADERANT
To download a free 30-day trial of Flare V3.1 please visit: http://w
ww.madcapsoftware.com/downloads/flare030-bu11.aspx
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For special promotions contact sales at: (858) 320-0387 or mailto:sal
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----MADCAP ANALYZER-COMING SOON-------
MadCap Analyzer will provide reports and suggestions for your
Flare and Blaze projects, as well as add efficiency, consistency,
and speed to your authoring.
Some of the features of the Analyzer include:
MadCap Analyzer scans your project for suggestions to make
your project be more efficient:
- Variable suggestions
- Snippet suggestions
- New style suggestions
- Replace local style suggestions
- Frequent segments
- Frequent phrases
- Batch conversion of non-XML files
For example, in MadCap Analyzer, you can create snippets from
the Frequent Segments or Frequent Phrases window. Then your
project is scanned and all locations where the text occurs for
that snippet appears in the Suggested Snippets list. Select the
snippet you want to replace, and click Apply. The text is replaced
with the suggested snippet throughout your project.
Additionally, you can run reports, such as:
- Number of total topics
- Number of total words
- Number of total images
- Number of total snippets
- Broken links
- Broken bookmarks
- Undefined variables
- Undefined condition tags
- Topics not in the TOC
- Topics not linked
- Date project last modified
These reports can be graphed, analyzed and distributed to help
you make sure your project is complete and works the way you
and your users expect it to work.
Additionally, you can take advantage of the intelligent reuse
of content with IntelliSense, soon to be available within Flare
and Blaze. Flare and Blaze learns what you type, as you type it,
saving you hours of retyping the same words or phrases and
thereby resulting in quality and consistency throughout your
documentation.
Stay tuned for other new and exciting features and functionality
that we will be adding to Flare and Blaze!!!!!
As mentioned earlier, some of the Analyzer features mentioned
above will be added to the core functionality of Flare and Blaze.
We are soliciting your feedback and suggestions on these and
other specific features you would like to add.
For more details please visit: http://www.madcapsoftware.com/products
/analyzer and sign-up
for product demos, provide feedback, and to participate in the
BETA release.
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ANNOUNCE: Making the Most of DITA
Specialization, authoring and publishing, FrameMaker, X-MetaL,
the DITA Open Toolkit - this weekend workshop has them all.
Alan Houser comes to Manchester, England on 10-11 November to
lead a workshop that covers DITA use from input to output, and
looks at how to specialize DITA to fit your data.
Discount prices for early registrations and for STC and INTECOM
members. Full details on the STC UK web site at www.stcuk.org
To register your interest contact Ant Davey, Chapter
vice-president, at:
ant -dot- stc -dot- uk -at- googlemail -dot- com
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CONFERENCE: LavaCon + Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans
A personal note from Jack Molisani, conference organizer:
LavaCon is organizing a Community Service Day with Habitat
for Humanity in New Orleans on Saturday October 27th.
On one hand, I dont want people to think that New Orleans NEEDS
a community service day, that restaurants arent open, that the
city is limping along--its not! There are actually more
restaurants open now than before Katrina: 861 now vs. 809
pre-K !
On the other hand, there are people outside the city proper who
are still living in FEMA trailers, families at ground zero
(where the levies breached in the Ninth Ward) who are still
rebuilding their houses from scratch, etc.
These are the people you will be helping during the Community
Service Day.
More info and photos are available on the conference website: http://
www.lavacon.org
Come to New Orleans.
See the city for yourself.
Then lend a hand and make a difference.
LavaCon 2007: The Fifth Annual Conference on Advanced
Technical Communication and Project Management http://www.lavacon.org
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ANN: Seats Still Available For DocTrain East 2007 Management Summit
The Documentation and Training East 2007 Conference has rustled up
an impressive roster of recognized leaders to speak on important
management topics including:
* The X Factor in Content Management
(keynote address by Ben Martin, Flatirons Solutions)
* Strategies For Communicating The Value of Structured XML
Authoring To Authors
(Amanda Cross, Indiana STC)
* Avoiding the Content Conveyor Belt Trap: Enabling
Interdepartmental Collaboration
(Christie Fidura, SDL)
* Understanding and Communicating the Financial Impact of XML and
DITA
(Amber Swope, Just Systems)
* How to Become an Expert in Technology Acquisition
(Mary Laplante, The Gilbane Group)
* Content Quality Management: Using Software to Manage Quality
and Track Metrics
(Scott Abel, TheContentWrangler)
* Before and After Implementing a Content Management System: My
Experience At GE Healthcare
(Jeanette Eichholz, GE Healthcare)
The Management Summit is part of the Documentation and Training East
2007 conference and will be led by moderator and longtime STCer Rahel
Bailie (Intentional Design and Strategy A Consulting). Attendees can
attend any sessions at the conference and are not limited to the
Management Summit track. Seats are still available. Register today!
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