Buying Guide
Transform your XML/DITA authoring experience, and leverage the multiscreen HTML5 format to make publishing highly extensible. Use best-in-class products to collaborate and create technical content, integrate with rich interactive media, and deliver to virtually any device.
NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS:
Customers worldwide, who purchased Adobe® Technical Communication Suite 4 (comprising of Acrobat® X Pro) are entitled to a free complementary upgrade to Acrobat® XI Pro and can get the same in the manner described below.
Customers worldwide, who purchased Adobe® Technical Communication Suite 4 (comprising of Acrobat® X Pro) under the Adobe Volume Licensing Program, can now download a complementary upgrade to Acrobat® XI Pro from their respective LWS accounts.
All other customers, who purchased Adobe® Technical Communication Suite 4 (comprising of Acrobat® X Pro), can use one of the options below to now download a complementary upgrade to Acrobat® XI Pro.
Option 1: Download Acrobat® XI Pro from the Adobe Application Manager (AAM). You can launch AAM using one of the two ways.
a) Click on the AAA shortcut icon present on the desktop of your machine.
b) Locate and launch “PDapp.exe” under “….\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\core\”.
Option 2: Visit the page http://www.adobe.com/go/GetTS4Update to download a complementary upgrade to Acrobat® XI Pro
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See how Technical Communication Suite 4 compares to previous versions. |
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| FrameMaker—RoboHelp integration |
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| • Automap styles from FrameMaker to CSS |
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| • Hotspots |
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| • Hyperlinks for FLV videos |
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| • Silent Publishing via RoboHelp |
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| • Better table styling |
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| • Restarting list numbering |
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| • Publish to multiple output formats from within FrameMaker |
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| • Image conversion using distiller |
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| • Advanced Rich Media Support |
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| • U3D support |
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| • FrameMaker Ditamap and Dita Topics Linking |
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| • Global CSS Support |
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| • FrameMaker Style Modification in Conversion Settings |
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| • FrameMaker metadata support (author, keyword) |
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| • Relative Path Support for Linked FrameMaker Documents |
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| • Single-point variable definitions |
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| • Automated Pagination |
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| • TOC, Indexes and glossary support |
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| • Table and List support |
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| • RoboHelp plugin in FrameMaker |
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| • Live-linking with FrameMaker |
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| FrameMaker—Illustrator integration |
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| FrameMaker—Photoshop* integration |
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| Rapid step-by-step authoring |
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| Rapid eLearning content from Adobe Captivate |
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| Out-of-box connectivity with EMC Documentum and Microsoft® SharePoint |
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| Third-party plug-ins for other CMSs |
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| APIs for custom connections |
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| PDF-based roundtrip review workflows |
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| • TOC-based reviews |
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| • DHTML content in reviews |
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| • Conditional Build Tags |
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| • Accept, reject, aggregate, sort, import, export comments |
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| Consolidated HTML5 content |
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| Smart publishing with SharePoint |
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| Structured authoring |
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| • Native XML editing view |
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| • XSL transformations |
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| • XPath queries |
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| • DITA: Key-based referencing |
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| • DITA: APIs for common DITA constructs |
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| • DITA: Custom metadata |
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| • Smart Paste |
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| • Quick Catalogs |
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| • DITA: Comprehensive support for DITA 1.2 |
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| • Out-of-the-box support for S1000D |
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| Adobe® Illustrator® graphic editing |
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| eLearning and HTML5-based mLearning content |
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| Photoshop* images |
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| Banner text |
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| Line number display |
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| Hunspell dictionary |
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| Add and delete workspace menu and toolbars |
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| Configurable dictionary support |
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| Object Styles |
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| FLV support |
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| Hotspots |
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| 3D links |
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| Pick video frames |
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| SWF support |
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| For further feature comparisons in Authoring and other activities, read the FrameMaker Version Comparison Chart by clicking here | ||||
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| Multiscreen HTML5 output |
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| Screen profiles |
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| Screen layouts |
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| eBook SSL |
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| Native mobile apps support |
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| Media queries |
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| Smart publishing with Microsoft® SharePoint |
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| EPUB format output for mobile devices, tablets, and eBook readers |
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| Output to SharePoint |
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| TOC-based output |
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| Adobe PDF support |
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| For further feature comparisons in Publishing and other activities, read the RoboHelp Version Comparison Chart by clicking here | ||||
Resources |
- Request for Information
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Technical Communication Suite 4 Datasheet
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Technical Communication Suite 4 Family Brochure
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Technical Communication Suite 4 Reviewer’s Guide
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Technical Communication Suite 4 Upgrade Drivers
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Technical Communication Suite 4 Quote Sheet
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Technical Communication Suite 4 User Guide
- TechWhirl’s “first look” at TCS4
- TechCommGeekMom’s review of TCS4
- Contact Adobe TechComm Team
*Adobe Photoshop is not part of Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4 and must be purchased separately.
