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MadPak - The Ultimate Authoring Suite
MadCap Flare, MadCap Mimic, and MadCap Capture are very tightly integrated thereby making the authoring process, capturing of screen images and creation of software simulations easy and seamless for all your online, web and print needs.

By offering these products as a tightly integrated bundle for a single discounted price, MadCap software has created the Ultimate Authoring Suite. The industries very first true single-sourcing suite of Help and documentation products called the MadPak.

MadCap Flare - The Evolution of Help
Flare is the most powerful, flexible, and innovative Help authoring tool ever developed. It's the first true single-sourcing tool with the ability to import and export both Microsoft Word and Adobe FrameMaker formats. « more »

MadCap Analyzer — Report, Analyse, Suggest and Fix
MadCap Analyzer helps you get your project under control. It remembers what you've done, scans your document for broken and missing links and makes suggestions so you can improve your project.

MadCap Feedback - User Feedback and Reporting
Get live user feedback on your documentation - not only for Web-based Help, but also for desktop Help such as HTML Help and DotNet Help. You can now see how readers are using your Web-based or desktop Help. What are they looking for? What are they finding? More importantly, what are can't they find?

MadCap Mimic - Easily Create Software Simulations
Mimic makes it easy to record, enhance, and publish software simulations for use in sales and marketing, technical support, eLearning, and Help systems.

MadCap Lingo — Never Get Lost in Translation Again
MadCap Lingo is the most integrated translation memory system and authoring tool the industry has ever seen. MadCap Lingo eliminates the need for out-of-project file transfers keeping everything in context. This removes content and formatting corruption that is so common with traditional localization work flows.

MadCap Blaze - Your High-end Print Alternative
The ultimate alternative to Adobe FrameMaker, Blaze offers the power to efficiently produce and manage large documentation sets using native XML, native Unicode, and CSS, without sacrificing any ease of use.

MadCap Capture - Screen Captures Made Easy
Easily capture anything that is displayed on your computer screen as an editable image, and then integrate it into your Flare project.

MadCap Echo - Dynamic Audio Integration
Add a new dimension to your documentation projects by adding audio! You can use MadCap Echo to add audible instructions, soundtracks, or any other type of sound element to your projects.

MadCap Flare 3.1

MadCap® Flare™ is a versatile Help authoring tool -- in addition to generating an innovative new kind of WebHelp (cross-browser, cross-platform Help), MadCap Flare will generate a new help format designed specifically for .NET application developers (DotNet Help), Microsoft HTML Help (.chm), printed documentation or PDF via Microsoft Word or FrameMaker, and support for the new Microsoft XPS (XML Paper Specification) and DOCX formats.

• What's New in 3.1
• System Requirements

In addition to the groundbreaking new visual editor, MadCap Flare is packed with features to make your job easier. Customise your authoring environment. Open multiple documents simultaneously for easy cross-editing. Design browse sequences visually with a simple drag-and-drop. Use the command line to compile your output. Take advantage of auto-numbering. Even use MadCap Flare's patent-pending new interface designs to access the underlying XML structure of your documents in a comfortable visual authoring environment.

MadCap Flare enables you to import all of your legacy content. Import Microsoft Word documents, Adobe FrameMaker documents, HTML documents, RoboHelp® projects, and even HTML Help projects. MadCap Flare will convert them all to XML format, including direct HTML to XHTML conversion.

 

Features

Below are just a few of the exciting new and unique features that MadCap Flare offers.

Easily create content in XML, no programming required       MadCap Flare offers an easy, intuitive XML authoring solution to technical writers. Designed by writers for writers, MadCap Flare employs a visual editor that lets you create and edit content much as you would in Microsoft® Word™. You can then reuse and repurpose your content as needed to virtually any format, standard, device, or platform.       Import existing content to save time       MadCap Flare enables you to import all of your legacy content. Import Microsoft Word documents, Adobe FrameMaker documents, HTML documents, RoboHelp projects, and even HTML Help projects. MadCap Flare will convert them all to XML format, including direct HTML to XHTML conversion.       Generate multiple output formats       MadCap Flare is the most versatile Help authoring tool on the market. In addition to generating an innovative new kind of cross-browser, cross-platform Help, MadCap Flare will generate Microsoft HTML Help (.chm), DotNetHelp (a .chm format replacement), printed documentation to Microsoft Word 2003 or Adobe FrameMaker. MadCap Flare now also supports generating outputs in the new Microsoft Formats XPS (XML Paper Specification) and DOCX (the new XML-based Microsoft Word format) when you pair MadCap Flare and Microsoft Word 2007. This combination also supports a Flare to PDF solution via Microsoft Word 2007 as well.       Enjoy unprecedented ease of use       In addition to the groundbreaking new visual editor, MadCap Flare is packed with features to make your job easier. Customise your authoring environment. Open multiple documents simultaneously for easy cross-editing. Design browse sequences visually with a simple drag-and-drop. Use the command line to compile your output. Take advantage of auto-numbering. Use automated wizards to build your Table of Contents, Index and Search.       Use your skills to the fullest       MadCap Flare is designed to offer novice or experienced Help authors the ultimate in flexibility and power. Use conditional tags, variables, and snippets for the easiest single-sourcing in the industry. Effortlessly create context-sensitive Help.

System Requirements
• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista (Flare 2.5 or later only)
• Required Software: Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 (not required on Windows Vista)
• Recommended: Pentium 4 or higher processor and 512MB of RAM

Target outputs of Flare
• WebHelp - Required: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later; Mozilla FireFox 1.0 or later; Safari 1.3 or Later on Mac OS X
• Microsoft HTML Help - Required: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later.
• Printed Documentation - Required: Microsoft Word 2003 SP2 or later
• DotNetHelp - Required: Flare Help Viewer

For more information please contact the MicroWay sales team:
Head Office MicroWay Pty Ltd PO Box 84, Braeside, Victoria, 3195, Australia Ph: 1300 553 313 Fax: 1300 132 709 sales@microway.com.au		Sydney Sales Office MicroWay Pty Ltd PO Box 1733, Crows Nest, NSW 1585, Australia Tel: 1300 553 313 Fax: 1300 132 709 sales@microway.com.au