RoboHelp 9

RoboHelp software is an easy-to-use solution for technical communicators to author, collaborate, personalize, and optimize content for help systems, policies and procedures, and professional knowledgebases for multichannel, multidevice publishing. Save time with collaborative reviews, reusable assets, and dynamic user-centric content. Boost participation with user-generated content and moderated or stored commenting.

What's new:

• Next-generation collaboration and review workflows
  Collaborate with authors, subject matter experts (SMEs), and end-users using Adobe® RoboHelp® advanced PDF shared reviews, live linking of shared resources, moderation-enabled commenting workflows in Adobe AIR® Help, topic-rating and other multi-author environment capabilities.
• Dynamic user-centric content
  Improve the end-user experience by enabling personalized filtering of content. Author content once and deliver personalized and accurate content that is dynamically filtered based on users’ role, department, geography, products, operating system, or any other parameter specified by the author.
• Shared reusable resources
  Save time and boost productivity by reusing assets across authors and projects. Maintain consistency and conform to organizational and industry standards using linked resources that can be updated simultaneously.
• Community-generated content
  Enrich the quality of your content by adding Web 2.0 interactivity with enhanced Adobe® AIR® Help features that empower users to add comments and feedback, and generate relevant content independently
  

• Moderation and storage of comments
  Enable topic ratings, and public and private comments. Configure and moderate comments, or store outside the network via an Adobe® AIR application.
• Adobe® AIR reviews
  Export your Adobe® RoboHelp® software project as an Adobe AIR application for email-based or online reviews. Combine and manage comments from multiple reviewers into a single file.
• Live link support for Microsoft Word files
  Import multiple Word files simultaneously, along with indexes, glossaries, and tables of contents. Easily map Word styles to Adobe® RoboHelp® styles. Repurpose Word content for HTML on import, and use markers to identify context-sensitive help topics.
• Scripting and automation support
  Use new scripting features to generate custom reports, automate frequently used workflows, and even extend the functionality of Adobe® RoboHelp® software. Take advantage of command-line support, an easy-to-use script management interface, and script-editing and debugging tools.
• Enhanced templates
  Take advantage of enhanced support for master pages as well as advanced interface features such as breadcrumbs, mini tables of contents, and "see also" references.
• Adobe® Captivate® integration
  Easily integrate Adobe® Captivate® show-me demos and how-to illustrations with your help files.
• Adobe® RoboScreenCapture® utility
  Take screen captures, edit screenshots, and export images to more than 20 image file formats with Adobe® RoboScreenCapture®.
• Adobe® RoboSource Control™
  Use the built-in Adobe® RoboSource Control™ application (or a third-party software version control application) to collaborate on projects. Restrict file access, view complete document histories, roll back to previous versions, and compare two versions of a file.
• Adobe® RoboHelp® Server 9
  Deploy and manage the latest online content, and control and monitor the use of web-based help systems and knowledgebases in real time through a web interface.
  Gain valuable insight from customizable feedback reports on usage patterns, topics, search terms, and OS analytics.
  

Windows

• Intel® Pentium® 4
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3, Windows Vista® with Service Pack 2 or Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)
• 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
• 1.2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
• DVD-ROM drive
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
• In Adobe® RoboHelp® 9, users will be required to activate the product one time via the Internet within 30 days of serialization. This is required for retail, education, and volume licensing customers worldwide. Once the product is purchased and installed, online product activation is mandatory within 30 days from installation. Activation is by internet only. Without activation, the product will be usable for up to, but not beyond, 30 days.

Language versions

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• 日本語