MadCap Flare™ - The Evolution of Help

MadCap Flare is the most versatile Help authoring tool on the market. In addition to generating an innovative new kind of WebHelp (cross-browser, cross-platform Help), MadCap Flare will generate a new help format designed specifically for .NET application developers (DotNet Help), Microsoft HTML Help (.chm), printed documentation or PDF via Microsoft Word or FrameMaker, and support for the new Microsoft XPS (XML Paper Specification) and DOCX formats.

In addition to the groundbreaking new visual editor, MadCap Flare is packed with features to make your job easier. Customize your authoring environment. Open multiple documents simultaneously for easy cross-editing. Design browse sequences visually with a simple drag-and-drop. Use the command line to compile your output. Take advantage of auto-numbering. Even use MadCap Flare's patent-pending new interface designs to access the underlying XML structure of your documents in a comfortable visual authoring environment.

MadCap Flare enables you to import all of your legacy content. Import Microsoft Word documents, Adobe FrameMaker documents, HTML documents, RoboHelpR projects, and even HTML Help projects. MadCap Flare will convert them all to XML format, including direct HTML to XHTML conversion.

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System Requirements

• 512 MB memory (RAM)
• 200 MB available hard drive space
• Intel Pentium 3, 1 GHz (Pentium 4 is recommended)
• Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or Windows XP with Service Pack 2, or Windows Vista
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
• Microsoft Word 2003 or later
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later