Resources

This book helps users new to Flare and topic-based authoring get started quickly. For experienced users, it provides a useful resource for expanding their knowledge of Flare and for several tips, tricks, and best practices.

Flare is one of the most powerful help authoring tools on the market today. Its features range from the straightforward mechanical ones to complex design and programmatic features like its stylesheet editor, to strategic features like support for HTML5 and DOCTYPE specifications. This book is based on seven years of consulting and training as a MadCap-certified Flare trainer and consultant, and another twenty working with online help systems.

If you want to go on to be recognized as a Flare master then Scott DeLoach has a preparation guide for those who want to become Flare certified.

Focuses on Cascading Style Sheets which is core to getting the most out of Flare publishing.

This easy-to-use and comprehensive book provides answers to over 140 HTML5 questions.

A great overview for working with MadCap Flare including many tips and best practices.

A good overview of the technologies that are the foundation beneath Flare. It also features a great Visual QuickStart series.

Useful to polish up your general authoring skills.

The more that you work with Flare the more you will come to realize that Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS, have huge amounts of power and control in just how your content is formatted and presented. Learning as much as you can about CSS will pay dividends. This a great CSS book from the actual creators of the CSS specification.

Another good CSS reference.

If you want to go beyond the built in capabilities and want to explore some of the advanced possibilities available with some custom hand scripting, this is a good place to start.

A great book by technical communication expert Neil Perlin on utilizing MadCap Mimic.