Documentation for Any Audience, Language or Format
Whether you need to create technical documentation for online Help, software documentation, policy & procedure manuals, knowledge bases or user guides, MadCap Flare allows you to create, manage and publish content to a variety of formats, including print, online, desktop and mobile.
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What's New in Flare 9
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What's New in Flare 9
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Native Right-to-Left Language Support
With native authoring and publishing for right-to-left (RTL) languages, Flare provides you with a true global solution.
RTL language support includes:
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Socially-enabled Documentation
Add a social layer to your documentation to improve engagement with customers, build communities and foster the sharing of information using
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MadCap Pulse.
MadCap Pulse includes advanced features to help you maximize the value of social collaboration and enhance the quality of your documentation, including:
- User Profiles
- Activity Feed
- Commenting and “Likes”
- Tagging
- Topic Rating
- Comment Ranking
- Following
- File Sharing
- Notifications
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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
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Advanced Print Improvements, including CMYK Support
New print enhancements give added control to print-based outputs, including:
- Page Layout Editor Improvements
- Crop/Registration Marks
- CMYK Support
- Create First Pages on Left or Right Side
- Built-in advanced print, web and mobile design templates
Additional print layout features include bleeding, padding, margins and empty pages, among others.
CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key—or black) color model, which is often the preferred model for print-based output, is now supported. Since Flare already supports the RGB (Red, Green, Blue) model that is primarily intended for electronic content, authors can now designate the color model most appropriate for their online and print content. Flare 9 also includes built-in web, print and mobile layout templates for authors to choose from without having to create design layouts from scratch.
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Mobile Publishing, including ePub Output and WebHelp Mobile
Create eBooks (featuring EPUB3) for use on any mobile device, including iPads and Android devices, as well as online Help (WebHelp Mobile) optimized for smaller screens.
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New File Support, including Microsoft® Office® 365
Added file import support allows authors to take advantage of more existing content than any other technical authoring tool available today.
- Word for Microsoft® Office® 365
- Word installation not required
- Adobe® FrameMaker® 11
- Plus Adobe® RoboHelp® import improvements
- Word for Microsoft® Office® 365
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Enhanced FrameMaker® Import
Master Pages Automatically Converted to Page Layouts
FrameMaker® master pages are now automatically converted to a page layout in your Flare project. You can use the page layouts to configure pages for print-based output. You can then create chapter breaks and assign these page layouts to different topics in the output.
FrameMaker® Images
Images containing call-outs in FrameMaker® files are now preserved on import and can be further edited using MadCap Capture.
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Bundled MadCap Capture Integration
Our powerful screen capture software,
MadCap Capture, now comes bundled with
MadCap Flare — absolutely free. Maximize content reuse by applying the same rules used for text to screen shots and images. By adding variables to callouts and images for example, there's no need to recapture or reinsert images into your documentation when text or version changes are required. -
Plug-in API
A new plug-in API lets you integrate Flare with DLL files. Add your own customized ribbons, menus, toolbar buttons and more.
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Controlled Language/Simplified Technical English Support
Through the integration of MadCap’s API and HyperSTE, authors can use a standardized vocabulary and style to improve consistency, eliminate ambiguity and reduce complexity. Furthermore, authors can ensure compliance with corporate terminology and style guide rules using advanced interactive checker and quality measurement features.
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Secure FTP Publishing
A new level of security with support for the Secure FTP protocol (SFTP) when publishing output to a server.
Key Features
Next Generation HTML5 WebHelp
A frameless HTML5 output is search engine-friendly, offers Google-style search results and display, and includes full topic URLS for better link sharing. Plus, you can add custom metadata to topics for improved search results.
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- Google-style search results and display
- Frameless output for improved search engine crawling and ranking
- Automated XML sitemap generation
- Improved accessibility with screen readers (Section 508 and WCAG)
- Topic-level metadata tag descriptions
- Customizable design to match any existing website or portal
- Topic URL paths displayed in browser for easy sharing
Click here to view Flare’s HTML5 WebHelp
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Free Review for Managers and Subject Matter Experts
Managers and subject matter experts can enjoy free review using annotation using MadCap Contributor.
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Leverage Existing Content
Like many authors and organizations, you need to leverage hundreds and even thousands of existing documents created using other products. Flare's import process makes it easy to migrate a wide range of file types into your new XML-based authoring environment. Migrate legacy content from Adobe® RoboHelp™, Adobe® FrameMaker®, Microsoft® Word™, .CHM, DITA and many more. No coding knowledge or special skills required.
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Authoring and Content Reuse
Using Flare’s patented, visual XML editor, authors can enjoy the benefits of XML (extensible markup language) without any need for XML knowledge. With XML, content is separate from formatting and therefore allows the author to focus on content creation. The authoring process is further enhanced and streamlined using advanced topic-based authoring features that further allow for maximum content reuse and publishing to multiple deliverables and outputs.
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Multi-channel Publishing
Publish content to a variety of formats including cross-browser, cross-platform online Help, printed documents such as PDF and Word™, and online Help optimized for mobile devices.
Use your mobile device to scan this QR code and visit our Mobile WebHelp or click the image to view the mobile version in your browser.
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Project Management and Collaboration
Flare makes it easier to manage complex projects with advanced tracking and reporting tools. File Tagging allows you to assign tags to topics, files, even folders, within Flare. Assign tags for authors or milestones and generate reports based on the assigned tags.
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Content Management
Flare allows for full content management capabilities with direct integration and access to Microsoft SharePoint. In addition, Subversion, Microsoft Team Foundation and Visual Source Safe are directly integrated and accessed from Flare, enabling built-in source control for efficient team authoring and collaboration. Not using source control? Flare's external resources feature allows files and folders to be mapped and shared among any number of projects or users.
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Cross-product Integration
Tight product integration across the entire MadCap Software suite of products allows for efficient content creation and streamlined workflow.
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Translation and Localization
Language support in Flare is unmatched. Flare supports Unicode language characters, double-byte Asian languages and Eastern European languages, as well as right-to-left languages including Hebrew, Arabic and Persian.
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Accessibility
Flare PDF and WebHelp outputs have been improved to help you make your documentation more accessible to users who have visual and hearing impairments, and is therefore compliant with standards such as Section 508 and WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines).
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Contribution and Review
Tight integration with Flare and MadCap Contributor make the content contribution and review process easy and efficient. Authors can utilize the expertise of Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) and content contributors outside the document management team that can edit and review topics, track changes, make annotations, and update content with a simple, easy-to-use interface.
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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
"I have been a Technical Writer for over 20 years now, and Flare is the best Help Authoring Tool that I have used."| TENG
"The mobile target is styled like an iPhone app, and is a great way for me to deliver content to our customers who are on the go, but who need access to our Help content"| Doc Guy Training
"Thank God for the developers at MadCap for providing the most agile XML-based authoring tool on the planet."| BIO-key
"MadCap Flare is giving us state-of-the-art capabilities while offering the lowest cost of ownership of any authoring software we've seen on the market"| Caradigm, a Microsoft | GE Healthcare Company
"Flare is already the best information development tool out there, and now it's the leader of the pack in accessibility."| VanArsdall InfoDesign
"We were using FrameMaker, RoboHelp, ePublisher; now using MadCap Flare as our single-source authoring tool and haven't regretted the decision for one second.."| Manager of Technical Publications
"Flare is much easier to use, more intuitive and more powerful (and it seems more reliable and flexible) than any of the tools I have used so far, and I've used quite a lot."| Technical Writer, Tektronix
"Flare is off the charts, so much better than any other writing tool I've used. Keep at it! I believe it 's the best on the market.."| Senior Technical Writer, Cymphonix
"Flare has truly made a big difference to our documentation production. The quality has jumped dramatically."| Thinking Windows
