Analyze, Report and Improve Your Project Content

MadCap Analyzer is a powerful analytic tool for your Flare projects. Find critical issues immediately, such as missing content or broken links, and non-critical technical issues such as unused style sheets or images that can be removed from projects. Create custom reports and share information with documentation teams and managers to identify issues, track progress, and ensure quality and efficiency in your documentation.

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Fixing Issues With Analyzer

What's New in Analyzer 6


  • Topic Editor Enhancements

    A split-view editor setting allows authors to see both XML code and the WYSIWYG editor in real time, plus:

    • Horizontal and Vertical Orientation
    • Auto Complete
    • Syntax Coloring
  • New Window Panes and Reports

    • Topics With Snippet Conditions
    • Unused Bookmarks
    • Used Bookmark Links
  • Grouping for Reports

    New groupings in the Report Editor can be found for both Bookmarks and Condition Tags.

  • Character and Symbol Enhancements

    A new Character dialogue lets you insert special characters easily into your content, along a new Insert Character drop-down menu and optional Word shortcut keys.

Key Features


MadCap Analyzer is a powerful, simple to use tool that can improve your project workflow and help you reach project deadlines on time and on budget.

MadCap Analyzer Will Scan Your Project to Identify Issues Including:

  • Broken Links
  • Duplicate Styles in Style Sheets
  • Duplicate TOC Items
  • Broken Image Links
  • Broken Bookmarks
  • Undefined Variables, Condition Tags, File Tags and Conditions
  • Non-XML Topics and More

As Well As Used and Unused Items Including:

  • Snippets
  • Topics
  • Styles
  • Variables
  • Map IDs
  • Images and More

Analyzer Will Improve Your Content Quality and Re-use by Identifying and Making Suggestions for Items Such As:

  • Index Keyword Suggestions
  • Snippet and Variable Suggestions
  • Style Suggestions
  • Accessibility Suggestions
  • Markup Suggestions and More
  • Identify Critical Issues

    Immediately find critical issues within a project that impact end users.

  • Custom Reporting

    Generate and convert a list of links in a project to cross-references using a new "Cross-Reference Suggestions" window pane.

  • Visualize Data

    Share information with your team and visualize both critical and technical issues with your project, such as broken links or unused content, with charts and graphs to see any statistic at a glance.

  • Content Suggestions

    Improve content structure and find suggestions for snippets, variables, file tags and more.

  • Save Time and Resources

    Automate in minutes what would take weeks for a technical editor to identify and ensure content consistency, improve project efficiency and maximize content reuse.

  • Accessibility

    Scan projects and ensure your documentation conforms to accessibility guidelines such as Section 508 and WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines).

  • Cross-Reference Suggestions Window Pane

    Generate and convert a list links in a project can be converted to cross-references using a new "Cross-Reference Suggestions" window pane.

  • Named Destinations Window Pane

    View, delete or rename named destinations in your project in the "Named Destinations" window pane. A named destination lets you point to a specific place in one generated and published PDF to another.

  • Fix Broken Links

    Now fix links directly from the "Broken Links" window pane. Analyzer can scan the project for files of the same name or open a dialog and browse for the topic that you want to link.

  • Unused Windows Pane

    Clean up projects by scanning for empty project folders, topics that are not linked, or any unused content or images. You can now add condition tags to items in these panes buy right-clicking and selecting properties.

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Additional Software Licensing Options

In addition to our standard single named-user perpetual license, we are pleased to offer:

Subscription Licenses

  • Available for Flare, MadCap Contributor, MadCap Lingo and Mimic
  • 3 months (does not include Flare or Contributor), 6 months and 12 months subscription available
  • Includes free product upgrades and updates, and unlimited email support (bronze level maintenance) for the duration of your subscription

Multi-user Perpetual Licenses

  • Available for Flare, MadCap Contributor, MadCap Lingo, Analyzer, Mimic and Capture
  • Install software on multiple computers using a single license key
  • No registration required for each user
  • Completely flexible – add any number of users at any time using the same license key
  • No internet connection required (product can still be used when disconnected from internet)

Floating/Enterprise Licenses

  • Available for Flare, MadCap Contributor, MadCap Lingo, Analyzer, Mimic and Capture
  • Unlimited installations/activations across company
  • Floating license includes bundled maintenance (1, 2 and 3 year contract available)
  • Completely flexible – add any number of users at any time using the same license key
  • Can be installed on a network server and accessed remotely by users
  • Internet connection required to use software

Subscription, Multi-user and Floating license cannot be purchased online at this time. Please contact a MadCap Sales Representative.

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"Woo-hoo! Just got my Analyzer 4 download link. It's Christmas in March!"
Darci Kingry | Fiserv
"With Flare [and Analyzer], we are able to complete our print documentation and online Help projects at least 25 percent faster..."
Nancy Hutson Hale | SalesPage Technologies, LLC
"After 30 minutes I can tell you that I love Analyzer. It is going to do so much to help us ensure quality."
Andy Jacobson | Blackboard Inc.
"...Analyzer takes it one step further! We now don't need to worry about usability testing...In short, deploying Analyzer is like employing another member of our documentation team - one that handles all the mundane checking without a single complaint!"
Steve Salter | BIO-key

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