RoboHelp® Users: We're Here For You

We here at MadCap Software are committed to supporting all of the RoboHelp users that have waited so patiently and feel let down by the lack of innovation in the latest RoboHelp release. Being the team that built and nurtured RoboHelp for many years until being dismantled by Macromedia, we have a deep understanding of the current situation. We will continue to do our part to provide a comfortable transition experience for dissatisfied RoboHelp users who decide to make a switch to MadCap Flare.

Here are just a few reasons why you should save your RoboHelp budget and upgrade to MadCap Flare.

1) The workflow of MadCap Flare is similar to RoboHelp…but better
MadCap Flare is designed from the ground up by some of the former RoboHelp product experts. The workflow is intended to be very familiar to RoboHelp users to ensure a low learning curve. Plus, we've included many unprecedented features as well as a cleaner, more user-friendly interface.

2) MadCap Flare uses industry standard mark-up
MadCap Flare is designed to generate pure, clean, compliant XML. There are no proprietary tags, no editor tricks, nothing to interfere with your existing XML workflow or cause conflicts with future tools.

3) You can leverage your existing RoboHelp projects
MadCap Flare allows you to easily import your existing RoboHelp projects, so you wont lose legacy content.

4) MadCap Software is committed to supporting converted users
MadCap Software will offer generous support incentives to customers who currently subscribe to a RoboHelp maintenance plan but wish to convert to MadCap Flare. Additionally, we will offer complimentary support to assist you with importing RoboHelp projects into MadCap Flare.

General Flare RoboHelp Table of Contents Editor Multiple Tables of Contents   Modular Tables of Contents Unicode support   English/Western European language support Double-byte/Asian language support   Eastern European language support   Other language support   Localization of user interface in web output   Source documents validate against a known schema   Configurable user interface   XML-based   Hidden/proprietary project files   All project files XML-based for compatibility   Proprietary files require source control filter (RoboSC)   XML-based files compatible with any source control application   View and filter all content files in a project   Management of recent files and projects   Editor     Visual Editor Multiple Document Interface   Indexing to the character level   Access to document structure   Ability to add lists List merging   List sorting   List skip numbering capabilities   Ability to add tables Copy/paste one cell at a time Copy/paste entire rows   Copy/paste entire columns   Copy/paste multiple table cells   Tables support local formatting Tables support external CSS formatting   Unlimited number of tables can share the same CSS for easy updating/maintenance   Unlimited number of table CSS style sheets per project   Tables CSS support pattern formatting   Microsoft Word Support - Import     Microsoft Word import via older RTF technology   Microsoft Word import via modern XML Schema   Auto-create CSS during Microsoft Word import Ability to map Microsoft Word styles to CSS during import   Automatically check imported Microsoft Word source documents for updates when building outputs (Easy Sync)   Microsoft Word Support - Output     Microsoft Word output via older RTF technology   Microsoft Word output via modern XML schema   Include hyperlinks in Microsoft Word documents   Convert links to page number cross references in Microsoft Word documents   Adobe FrameMaker Support - Import     Import FrameMaker .mif files Import FrameMaker .fm files   Import FrameMaker book files   Edit future content in Flare or in source FrameMaker documents   Automatically check imported Adobe FrameMaker source documents for updates when building outputs (Easy Sync)   Outputs     Command line compile capability   Related Topics Controls/See Also     Hard coded links Concept (A-link) based Index (K-link) based   Single-sourcing     Conditional text Conditional images Conditional index terms   Conditional tables Conditional table rows   Conditional table columns   Conditionals on Table of Contents books   Conditionals on Table of Contents pages   Variables   Re-usable content library (Snippets)   Single-source images in conjunction with MadCap Capture   Context-sensitive Help     Context-sensitive Microsoft HTML Help Context-sensitive WebHelp via file name (http call) Context-sensitive WebHelp via map number (using API) Context-sensitive WebHelp via map number (http call)   Context-sensitive WebHelp via Topic ID (http call)   Embedded context-sensitive Help for .Net applications   Web application developer can control context sensitive windows using JavaScript Help author can control context-sensitive windows using built in editor (no JavaScript to write, no developer input)