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Adobe Technical Communication Suite software is an end-to-end
solution for authoring, reviewing, managing, and publishing technical
information and training content. You can use it to create and maintain
technical documentation, user assistance systems, knowledgebases,
simulations, software demonstrations, and other support information.
The tight integration of component products in the suite enables
true single-source authoring. You can author content once and publish
it in multiple formats and languages. For example, you can author
content in Adobe FrameMaker and output it in multiple formats using
Adobe RoboHelp.
You can also enrich content through interactive 3D models, rich
media, multilayered images, demonstrations, and embedded SWF movies.
Using the cross-platform Adobe AIR Help format, you can push updates
to your Help content even after you have delivered it.
This latest release of Adobe Technical Communication Suite includes
the following components:
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Adobe® FrameMaker® 12:
Author and publish technical content, with XML, DITA standards support,
and excellent PDF publishing capabilities. Includes content management
support such as Adobe Experience Manager, EMC Documentum 6.5, 6.7,
and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007, 2010.
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Adobe® RoboHelp® 11:
Author and publish procedural- or process-based online Help and
knowledgebases. Also includes RoboScreenCapture for still image
capturing, and RoboSource Control for managing project source files.
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Adobe® Captivate® 8:
Rapidly create powerful and engaging simulations and interactive
content. Author rich eLearning content that includes branching scenarios,
Table of content, quizzes, and SCORM- and AICC-compliant multimedia
content.
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Adobe® Acrobat® XI
Pro: Reliably create, combine, and control Adobe PDF documents for
easy, secure distribution, collaboration, and forms data collection.
Create stunning portfolios that combine several file types, such
as image formats, FLV file, PDF, SWF file, and interactive 3D.
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Adobe® Presenter® 10:
Create engaging presentations and courses rapidly and easily.
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Adobe® RoboScreen Capture®: Capture your screen and edit it to create
illustrations.
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Adobe® RoboSource Control®: Configuration and workflow management
for your content.
Top features of Adobe Technical Communication Suite
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Seamless content creation
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Create, review, manage, and publish technical information
seamlessly. You can publish your content in XML, DITA, PDF or as printed
manuals.
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Create Rich PDF
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FrameMaker excels at creating richly formatted PDF output. Using
FrameMaker, you can add 3D, graphics, audio, video, multimedia,
and interactive content. Embed Adobe Captivate demos and simulations
in online Help projects and PDF documents. For more information,
see
Rich media
.
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Multi-Channel, multi-device publishing
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FrameMaker ships with a stand-alone multi-channel, multi-device
publishing solution that provides unmatched publishing flexibility
along with powerful options to customize the output formats. Besides
the existing richly formatted PDF out, you can output to Responsive
HTML5, WebHelp, ePub, Amazon Kindle, and Microsoft HTML Help (chm).
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Single-sourcing (tighter FrameMaker and RoboHelp integration)
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You can create content once in FrameMaker and publish it
for print/DVD world as XML, DITA, PDF file, or printed guides. You
can single source the same content in RoboHelp and create online
content as .chm, webhelp, AIR, or EPUB files. Further, you can directly
generate online Help from FrameMaker. Single-sourcing reduces content
creation time as duplication is prevented. Single-sourcing also
reduces errors as reviews are singular, and saves localization costs
as same content is being leveraged across mediums. For more information,
see
Using FrameMaker with RoboHelp
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Multi-device output
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Devices are in. Users now demand content to be displayed through
smartphones or Internet-enabled devices, such as Kindle. With RoboHelp,
you can now create EPUB-content that appears well across various devices.
Multiscreen HTML5 output lets you deliver a reading experience that
is optimized for specific types of devices. Using Responsive HTML5,
you can create a single output that is optimized for all your screens.
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DITA Support and multi-channel publishing
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Author your DITA projects in FrameMaker and then leverage
the power of RoboHelp to create online Help. You can create MultiScreen
HTML5, WebHelp, .chm, EPUB 3.0, EPUB 2.0.1, Kindle Book, Air, Flashhelp,
Javahelp, Oraclehelp, or Eclipsehelp files. With FrameMaker, there
is no need to convert DITA documents into books only for linking-purpose. You
can directly link to DITA documents. For more information, see
Authoring and publishing workflow using FrameMaker and RoboHelp
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Review and Collaboration
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Technical Communication Suite includes Acrobat that lets
you collaborate on documents. Use Acrobat.com to share PDF files,
set up and manage reviews through e-mails, and collaborate on PDF
documents. Initiate reviews from within FrameMaker, RoboHelp, and
Adobe Captivate, without having to exit authoring applications for
setting up reviews. Generate PDFs that can be commented with Adobe
Acrobat Reader. Document reviewers do not need to have Acrobat or
Technical Communication Suite installed on their systems to comment
documents using Acrobat Reader. For more information, see
Review and collaboration
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Create Cross-platform output
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Deliver your Help projects in the cross-platform Adobe AIR
format. You can push updates to your Adobe AIR Help projects even after
you have delivered them.
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Easy multimedia recording
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You can also record a new Adobe Captivate demonstration from
within FrameMaker or RoboHelp. You can publish captivate output
as SWF file, Zipped package, PDF, or Autorun movie on CD. For more
information, see
Publishing Projects
. You can use Adobe
Captivate Reviewer application to efficiently review and comment
on Adobe Captivate projects.
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Create secure PDFs and PDF Portfolios
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Reliably create, combine, and control Adobe PDF documents
for easy, secure distribution, collaboration, and forms data collection.
Create quality portfolios. For more information, see
Rich media
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Effective copy-editing
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Use AuthorAssistant with FrameMaker to improve content consistency
and translatability. For more information, see
Style and linguistic checks using SDL AuthorAssistant
2010 SP1
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Automate manual tasks
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Use ExtendScript to automate daily mechanical tasks that
require manipulation of simple or complex objects. You can use ExtensScript with
FrameMaker, Photoshop, and RoboHelp. It allows robust automation
of tasks across products. For more information, see
Working with ExtendScript
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SCORM, AICC, and PENS support through Adobe Captivate
5
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Adobe Captivate 5 supports most e-learning content creation
standards for single-click publishing to learning management systems
(LMS). SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model) is a set
of specifications used to produce reusable e-learning objects. It
defines communication between a client (such as Adobe Captivate)
and a host (usually an LMS). For more details, see
Learning management system (LMS)
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Enhanced image-editing
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Capture images and screenshots for your Help projects using
RoboScreenCapture and use the powerful features in Adobe Illustrator
CS6 to edit and enhance them. You can also animate the different
layers of a Photoshop image in Adobe Captivate.
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