Choosing Between MadCap Flare and MadCap Doc-To-Help

MadCap Flare is ideal for authors who want to create and manage content using a powerful, feature-rich application with a built-in state-of-the-art XML-based editor for topic-based authoring.

CAPABILITIES INCLUDE:

Authoring in an easy-to-use visual XML editor with patented structure bars
Features and functionality that support maximum content re-use and content management
Advanced multi-channel publishing including responsive HTML5 (mobile, tablet, web) and print output
Enhanced cascading stylesheets (CSS) support
Multilingual web and print publishing from a single project

Note: A basic understanding of CSS and HTML is recommended, but not required.

MadCap Doc-To-Help is ideal for authors who prefer to create and manage content in a familiar Microsoft^® Word environment.

CAPABILITIES INCLUDE:

Authoring in Microsoft® Word with a Doc-To-Help ribbon interface
Publish content to multiple outputs from a single Word source including responsive HTML5 (mobile, tablet, web) and print

Note: A basic understanding of CSS or HTML is not required.

Product Comparison

	MadCap Flare	MadCap Doc-To-Help
Book/Chapter-style Authoring
Topic-based Authoring
Microsoft^® Word as Primary Authoring Environment
Multi-document/File Support
Source Control Integration
Basic Image/Media Support
Advanced Image/Media Support
Basic Content Linking
Advanced Content Linking Named destinations Advanced cross-reference support Relationship tables
Basic List and Table Support
Advanced Lists and Tables Custom list formats Auto-numbering Table stylesheets List and table sorting Merging lists and tables
Multiple TOC Support
Responsive Online Output (Automatically Generate Responsive Navigation for Online Outputs)
Frameless HTML5 Web Output (Top Navigation Output)
Multilingual Publishing
Advanced Visual Topic Editor with Responsive Authoring Abilities
Multi-Channel Publishing Desktop Mobile Web Print
Open Architecture Uses standard markup XML/XHTML files File-based system Programmatically create/add files outside of the application
Basic Content Reuse User defined variables Conditionals
Advanced Content Reuse Topic-based architecture Snippets Snippet conditions Global project linking Advanced variable support
CSS Editor and Advanced CSS Support CSS3 support Media query support View/edit multiple mediums at once Assign conditions through styles Support for style classes, IDs and complex selectors
Print/PDF Output
Advanced Print/PDF Output Widow/orphan control Short-line elimination Repeat table captions Named destinations Page layouts PDF crop marks and registration marks CMYK support
Single Sourcing of Images
Build Scheduling and Batch Building
Subject Matter Expert Contribution and Review – Integration with MadCap Contributor
Project Reporting and Analytics – Integration with MadCap Analyzer
64-Bit Support
Translation and Localization – Integration with MadCap Lingo
Multilingual Project Support – Integration with MadCap Lingo

FLARE OVERVIEW

DOC-TO-HELP OVERVIEW