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Subject:TECHWR-L Premium Jobs, Events, and Announcements From:TECHWR-L Listowner <admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com> To:archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:05:05 -0600 (MDT)
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UPDATE ANN: 20 glorious years of Adobe Robohelp
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It gives us immense pleasure to announce the beginning of a series of
events Adobe would be hosting/participating in to celebrate "20
glorious years of Adobe RoboHelp" throughout FY 2011.
As you all know, Adobe launched RoboHelp 9 on 11th Jan, 2011 amidst
much fanfare, along with the latest releases of Adobe Technical
Communication Suite 3 and Adobe FrameMaker 10.
With Adobe RoboHelp 9, now you can easily author, collaborate,
personalize, and optimize content for help systems, policies and
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Now, we are embarking on a year-long celebration of "20 glorious years
of Adobe RoboHelp", which will see us do special events and run specia
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throughout FY 2011. At all of these events, we will have exclusive
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way of saying "A BIG THANK YOU" for being with us for 20 years and
beyond!
MadCap Software is excited to announce the latest release of MadCap Fl
are.
Flare 7 redefines the industry again with advanced authoring features,
expanded content management support and compliance for government
accessibility standards. With this latest release, MadCap Software
remains committed to satisfying the technical communication needs
of our customers throughout the world representing thousands of
companies across dozens of industries.
Flare 7 now features:
. Direct SharePoint and Subversion integration
. External resources mapping (no source control required)
. Vector graphic support for EPS, PS and SVG files
. Built-in equation editor supporting Mathematical Markup
Language (MathML)
. QR Code generation (bridge the gap between print and
online/mobile documentation)
. Enhanced track changes workflow
. CHM Import and Remote CHM Linking
. Table row sorting and merging
. Improved review and contribution workflow with new MadCap
Contributor
. Accessibility support for 508 Compliance and WCAG
. Plus much, much more!
What the community is saying about Flare 7:
"With change tracking and enhanced table functionality among its many
new features, we see Flare 7 as further vindication of our decision to
migrate from Adobe FrameMaker." -Dr. Adrian Morse, Picis, Inc.
"Flare 7 is easily the most versatile and capable authoring tool
that I've used. MadCap clearly listens to their customers, and their
support is second to none." -David Lee, Sage Ltd.
"Flare is already the best information development tool out there,
and now it's the leader of the pack in accessibility."
-Eddie VanArsdall, founder of VanArsdall InfoDesign
"MadCap Flare 7 addresses the needs of very small to global-scale
companies." -Ed Marshall, founder of Marshall Documentation Consultin
g
Resource Directory Updates
New tool listings include DITAToo (iG5 Authoring Tools) and three
offerings from Epilogue: Advisor, Author, and Publisher. New
contractor listings include Spectrum Writing, LLC and TDRS-US.
Divcom Software announced the latest release of HelpSmith. http://www.writersua.com/
The conference topics all relate to user assistance and cover a
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