Agile development is a way of managing IT development teams and projects that was introduced around 2001. It is a set of principles that aims to result in more successful projects by breaking a project down into a series of incremental and iterative stages. As Agile has become increasingly popular, technical communicators have needed to […]
Tag: AIRHelp
Trends: The Changing Nature of Content
Ellis Pratt of Cherryleaf in the UK made a very compelling presentation on the Changing Nature of Content in a recent webinar with Adobe. There is a webinar recording, and a detailed white paper (authored by Pratt) which you can download on this subject. The image below identifies the white paper which you will wish […]
Publishing to Adobe AIRHelp
This blog has been written by this month’s guest blogger, Jason Nichols of ReadSoft. Thanks Jason! A few years ago our Technical Communication team upgraded to Adobe’s Technical Communication Suite 2. One of the reasons why we decided to get TCS2 was the ability of RoboHelp 8 to output to Adobe AIR—at the time a […]
Hyland Software leverages Adobe RoboHelp 9 (AIR Help) to help customers increase ROI
Hyland Software is a leading developer of ECM software, which saves corporations of all sizes a lot of time and money by automating key business processes. OnBase is the company’s premiere product. When the Custom Solutions Group of Hyland’s Technical Services division was faced with the challenge of incorporating application program interface (API) content housed […]
Customize the look and feel using AIR Help Skin Editor in RoboHelp 9
After we introduced the ability to develop Help based on Adobe AIR in RoboHelp 8, one of the things we heard again and again from our customers was the need to customize the look-and-feel of the generated AIRHelp system. And we now have AIR Help Skin Editor in RoboHelp 9! Help systems must be consistent with […]
What’s new in Adobe AIR Help 2.0 [VIDEO]
We introduced ‘Adobe AIR Help’ in RoboHelp 8, a platform and browser independent output format that powers the next generation of documentation. The response has been over-whelming. Web 2.0 features to engage with the product community, appealing layouts and the ability to keep the content up-to-date, accurate and consistent made more and more technical communicators adopt […]
RoboHelp 9 – Review by Colum McAndrew
By Colum McAndrew. One of the big bonuses for new users of RoboHelp is the familiarity of its user interface. If you use Microsoft Word, opening up RoboHelp should not be that much of a shock. Yes there is a learning curve, like any new application, but it feels strangely comfortable. What is equally reassuring […]
Review and Collaboration Workflows in Adobe RoboHelp 9 [VIDEO]
Content must be kept in sync. In an earlier blog post, I talked about the need for authors to keep “in-sync” with subject matter experts and documentation team members. At the same time, your end users would like to participate in the content generation as well. Powerful new Review and Collaboration workflows in RoboHelp 9 […]
Adobe at WritersUA Conference 2011
The WritersUA Conference for Software User Assistance is quickly approaching. The Adobe team (Ankur Jain, Tom Aldous, John Daigle, Matt Sullivan, Peter Grainge, and Rick Stone) is going to be present, and will celebrate 20th anniversary of RoboHelp with the major release of Adobe RoboHelp 9 at WritersUA 2011. The event takes place March 13-16 in […]
RoboHelp 9 Workshop in Long Beach, CA
Here is your opportunity to meet members of the Adobe RoboHelp product management team and community professionals to learn about the major new benefits of Adobe RoboHelp 9. Sunday, March 13, 2011 8:30 am – 1 pm (with lunch) Hyatt Regency Long Beach, CA, USA Background: In 1991, RoboHelp began to earn its reputation as […]