Adobe RoboHelp
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| Adobe RoboHelp | |
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| Developer | Adobe Systems |
| Latest release | 7.0 / September 25, 2007 |
| OS | Windows XP |
| Genre | Technical Documentation Editor |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Adobe Systems, Inc. |
RoboHelp is a Help authoring tool (HAT) created by the eHelp Corporation and now owned by Adobe Systems following the acquisition of Macromedia. The software is used by technical writers to create computer help files in various formats, including:
- FlashHelp
- Microsoft WinHelp
- Microsoft Compressed HTML Help
- Sun JavaHelp
- WebHelp
- Oracle Help for Java
- XML
- Microsoft Word
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On 16 January 2007, notices were sent out announcing "RoboHelp 6". New features include command-line compilation, user-defined variables, build tag usage reports, conditional build tags, RoboSource Control 3, Microsoft Word import/export improvements, Adobe Acrobat Elements, and more. Articles at Adobe's Developer Center describe some of the new features.
On September 25, 2007, notices were sent out announcing "RoboHelp 7". New features include Unicode support, Vista and Office 2007 support, a more flexible user interface and cleaner editor. A description of the features can be found on Adobe's website.
Robohelp 7 started shipping at the end of October 2007.
- Adobe System's RoboHelp Home Page
- Adobe FAQ describing a future roadmap for RoboHelp and Framemaker
- Adobe RoboHelp Forums - a peer-to-peer support forum
- Adobe Development Centre - What's new in Robohelp 6
- Using the Conditional Build Tags feature in RoboHelp
- Adobe Development Centre - User Defined Variables
- WritersUA 2006 Conference Blog - "WinHelp is Dead! RoboHelp Lives!"
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| Desktop software | Creative Suite · Technical Communication Suite · Acrobat · Audition · Digital Editions · GoLive · PageMaker · Photoshop Lightroom · more |
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| Board of directors | Charles Geschke · John Warnock · Bruce Chizen · Shantanu Narayen |