Reviews

"Companies everywhere want to push their technical publishing and eLearning content onto mobile devices. The question is “How?”. The answer is “Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4.” With seamless workflows to Multiscreen HTML5, EPUB, and native mobile applications, Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4 provides the perfect solution for the new age of technical publishing and consumer content consumption."

"Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4 provides just what technical communication pros need in a global, mobile, always-on world. What do I like the most? In addition to its traditional strengths -- single-source, multi-channel XML and DITA publishing – TCS 4 cranks it up a notch by providing support for multiscreen HTML5 output. Now you can preview mobile-optimized technical documentation content destined for smartphones, eReaders, tablet computers and other mobile devices from within familiar authoring interfaces. Kudos, Adobe!"

"Where TCS4 really shines is publishing. This should come as no surprise. Adobe has decades of experience at rendering, and they’ve finally brought that to bear on the technical communication side.."

It’s an exciting product, from what I can see, if you are just starting out, or need to revamp your technical communications software.

“A real bonus is the Adobe FrameMaker 11 to Adobe RoboHelp 10 seamless workflow within the Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4. Here, you have a toolbox of the best-of-breed apps for technical writers.”

“The use of video, animations, simulations, and 3D objects by technical communicators is increasing as we strive to keep pace with what users demand today. With Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4 and FrameMaker 11, I now have a quick path to work natively with rich media using the best tools for the job, whether its Adobe Captivate 6, Presenter 8, Illustrator CS6, or RoboHelp 10.”

“The powerful mix of tools in Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4 helps our clients create the right content, for the right audience, in the right format, and deliver it at the right time. This is the way that software should work. Adobe Technical Communication Suite enables content creation and distribution and reduces manual overhead.”

“The new HTML5 publishing and EPUB/Mobi format output capabilities in Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4 put the software at the cutting edge of the technical writing industry. We will take advantage of the multiscreen output capabilities to bring our online Help and large manuals to mobile devices to reach a larger audience.”

“With Adobe’s commitment to multiscreen publishing, my Adobe RoboHelp 10 content will finally be able to be consumed by learners using any kind of device (including desktop computers, laptops, the Kindle, and the Apple mobile devices). As far as I’m concerned, Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4 continues to be synonymous with the true meaning of single-sourcing. The suite has been, and will continue to be, the most indispensable collection of tools in my toolbox.”

“I have clients requiring both PDF and online Help output. Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4 allows them to single source the content and automatically update all necessary rolebased outputs from one place. Now that Adobe Technical Communication Suite creates HTML5 output, my clients can expand their reach to push content to all mobile devices. The Help content queries the device, and adjusts the delivery based on screen size!”

“Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4 unifies all the tools together, so it’s easy to create one single source document in FrameMaker 11 and make it accessible anytime and on a variety of mobile devices via multiscreen HTML5 publishing using RoboHelp 10. This raises the level of customer service I can provide my clients by maximizing the reach and usability of their content.”

“The new Multiscreen output in Adobe RoboHelp 10 lets me quickly and easily publish one set of files for all devices. The Help system queries the device, and formats the output based on screen size rules I set up.”

“The new Adobe Captivate 6 workflow in Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4 makes it much easier to embed Captivate content. Now, I can easily create HTML5-based mLearning content.”

The Adobe Technical Communication Suite team was listening, and the result is a nicely integrated set of tools that meet the future of technical communications head on.

“Adobe Captivate is great, and now that Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4 includes Adobe Presenter 8, Adobe has given me a companion tool for publishing ‘soft skills’ training content as well. Adobe Presenter publishes directly from PowerPoint, giving me direct and more complete publishing of animations and timing of PowerPoint content. The quizzing, skinning, and publishing features in Presenter are so similar to what I know in Captivate, I didn't even need help getting started.”

“There is a lot of improved functionality within the way each core tool functions in Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4. The ease of viewing DITA source content in a true source environment is what we've had more and more client demand for. To have this as a part of the Adobe FrameMaker 11 is wonderful.”

“Adobe Technical Communication Suite gives us a powerful documentation process from start to finish. I can author in Adobe FrameMaker and set documents up for review through Adobe Acrobat. Using the same set of source files, Adobe RoboHelp lets me then publish multiple outputs, such as eBooks, different types of online help, and HTML5.”

“Adobe Captivate 6 continues to be one of my favorite tools and I've just agreed to take on more courses at a college I teach in because they relate to Captivate. Students love the tool. The ease of use and simple learning curve to get started makes it an ideal tool for the first time user, but the collection of technical features make it a dream for high -end online development. With one tool, we end up meeting needs of the novice user, or the advanced developer.”

“With the new features and enhancements in Adobe Captivate 6, there doesn't seem to be a reason to dive into more than one tool to create dynamic and interactive online learning materials. Tutorials, user videos, best practices training, or marketing and promotional content are all simpler than ever to create using a tool that is user friendly to almost any skill set.”

"The Adobe Technical Communication Suite is revolutionizing the industry for technical communicators and writers. Instead of using an armful of individual products to complete projects, technical communicators can streamline workflows, reduce opportunities for error, add interactivity and rich media to technical documents and help systems, as well as improve collaboration and the reviews process, all by using the only single major software solution available on the market today — Adobe's Technical Communication Suite. As a longtime industry veteran, I'm impressed by the level of integration and features found in the suite and recommend it as the fundamental software for anyone in technical communication to own."

"Adobe's Technical Communication Suite is a true documentation single-source solution. I'm able to easily update my print manuals, training videos, and help systems all with the same files. This new integrated toolset from Adobe finally allows me to create, manage, and deliver content without the hassles associated with conversion. This new integration gives me time to push into entirely new markets."

"The job functions and roles of help authors, technical writers, and eLearning developers are steadily merging as the demands on the technical communication industry increase. Adobe Technical Communication Suite combines Adobe's best-in-breed tools for developing and delivering content using industry-standard technologies, including web help, PDF, and Flash. Now technical communicators have all of the tools necessary to create and deliver content in appropriate formats at their fingertips in a single, integrated suite."