Upgrade guide
Take advantage of Adobe® RoboHelp® 9 software to publish content to eBook readers, mobile devices, tablet PCs, and more. Save time with reusable assets, automated context-sensitive help authoring, and advanced dynamic user-centric content. Boost participation with user-generated content and external web content, and optimize your content based on usage patterns.
Upgrade eligibility
See if you are eligible to upgrade to Robohelp 9.
| You have |
You want |
You pay |
| Adobe RoboHelp 8 | Adobe RoboHelp 9 | US$399 |
| Adobe RoboHelp 7 | Adobe RoboHelp 9 | US$599 |
| Adobe RoboHelp X5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 | Adobe Technical Communication Suite 3.5 | $1299 |
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(Prices listed are the Adobe direct store prices in the United States reseller prices may vary. Prices do not include tax or shipping and handling.) |
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See what you've been missingSee how RoboHelp 9 compares to previous versions. |
 RoboHelp 7 |
 RoboHelp 8 |
 RoboHelp 9 |
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| Productivity Boost | |||
| Preview topic/output in multiple browsers | Yes | ||
| Snippets | Yes | Yes | Enhanced |
| Convert snippets to HTML text | Yes | ||
| Visual CSS Style Editor | Yes | Yes | Enhanced |
| User-defined variables | Yes | Yes | Enhanced |
| User-defined variables in table of contents and index | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Option to edit multiple topics or single topic | Yes | ||
| Master pages (topic templates) | Yes | Yes | Enhanced |
| Breadcrumbs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mini-TOC | Yes | Yes | |
| Scripting and automation | Yes | Enhanced | |
| Automated context sensitive help (CSH) authoring | Yes | ||
| Standards Support | |||
| ePub standard for eBooks, mobile phone, tablets and other hand-held devices. | Yes | Enhanced | |
| XHTML standards support | Yes | Yes | |
| HTML editor and no Kadov tags | Yes | Yes | Enhanced |
| XML import and output | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unicode and translation workflow support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) compliance checking | Yes | Yes | |
| Section 508 compliance for accessibility | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-authoring Support | |||
| Live Link support for Microsoft Word files | Yes | Enhanced | |
| Integrated Version control support for RoboSource Control, Team Foundation Server, Perforce, Visual Source Safe and other SCC compliant apps | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ease of Use | |||
| Usage reports on build tags | Yes | Yes | Enhanced |
| Hyperlinks, pop-ups, and image maps | Yes | Yes | Enhanced |
| Multiple tables of contents, indexes, and glossaries support | Yes | Yes | Enhanced |
| Automated wizards | Yes | Yes | Enhanced |
| Graphics and multimedia support | Yes | Yes | Enhanced |
| Dictionary, Spell Check, Thesaurus, and Auto Correct | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Insert line and page break | Yes | ||
| Enable/disable notifications | Yes | ||
| Review & Collaboration | |||
| Author-to-author, author-to-SME, and author-to-end-user collaboration via PDF, live linking, RoboHelp review management, or Adobe AIR Help |
Yes | ||
| Shared reusable resources | Yes | Enhanced | |
| Community-generated content, comments, feedback; external web content | Yes | ||
| Moderation enabled end-user commenting workflow | Yes | ||
| Review workflow – PDF based | Yes | ||
| Review worflow – Client based | Yes | ||
| Adobe FrameMaker® integration | Yes | Yes | Enhanced |
| Multi-author support | Yes | Yes | Enhanced |
| Publishing |
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| Dynamic user-centric content (DUCC) | Yes | ||
| Single sourcing to multiple channels | Yes | Yes | Enhanced |
| Adobe AIR Help | Yes | Yes | Enhanced |
| Microsoft Word 2010 support | Yes | ||
| Adobe PDF support | Yes | Yes | Enhanced |
| ePub format output for mobile devices, tablets, and eBook readers | Yes | ||
| Output to SharePoint | Yes | Enhanced | |
| TOC-based Output | Yes | ||
| Option to exclude unreferenced topics from output | Yes | ||
| End-user Search | |||
| External Content Search | Yes | ||
| Search results with ranking (optional), Boolean operators, and metadata | Yes | Enhanced | |
| Phrase search | Yes | Enhanced | |
| Search capabilities for PDF and Microsoft Office documents | Yes | Yes | |
| Option to exclude unreferenced baggage files from search | Yes | ||
| Adobe AIR | |||
| Adobe AIR output | Yes | Enhanced | |
| Adobe AIR Help Skin Editor | Yes | ||
| Adobe AIR Comments | Yes | Enhanced | |
| Adobe AIR Comment Moderation | Yes | ||
| Multimedia & eLearning | |||
| Adobe Captivate® integration | Yes | Yes | |
| FLV video support | Yes | Yes | |
| 3D models | Yes | Yes | |
| Translation & Localization | |||
| Multiple language support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unicode and translation Workflow support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Features | |||
| Advanced feedback analytics to content optimization in Adobe Robohelp Server 9 | Yes | ||
| Additional Enhancements | |||
| 64 bit OS support | Yes | ||
| Adobe RoboScreenCapture® utility | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Adobe Acrobat Capture® integration | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chrome - browser support | Yes | ||
| Pod environment | Yes | Enhanced | |
| IPv6 support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
