Buying 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.
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| Multiscreen HTML5 output |
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| Screen profiles |
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| Screen layouts |
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| New eBook SSL |
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| Native mobile apps support |
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| Adobe FlashHelp® output |
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| JavaHelp output |
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| OracleHelp for Java™ output |
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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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| Option to exclude unreferenced topics from output |
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| Dynamic user-centric content (DUCC) |
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| Single-sourcing to multiple channels |
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| Adobe® AIR® Help |
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| Microsoft Word 2010 support |
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| AUTHORING | ||||
| Productivity | ||||
| Automated context sensitive help (CSH) authoring for mobile apps |
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| Automatic content resizing to fit output screen |
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| Preview output across screen types |
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| Conversion of auto-size or text-only pop-ups to hyperlinks |
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| Changing absolute image and table sizes to relative sizes |
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| Pinch-zoom on iOS devices |
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| Adobe Captivate® HTML5 output on iOS devices |
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| Search and Replace |
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| Event-based script triggers |
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| Preview topic and output in multiple browsers |
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| Visual CSS style editor |
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| User Defined Variables |
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| User Defined Variables in table of contents and index |
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| Option to edit multiple topics or single topic |
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| Master pages (topic templates) |
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| Breadcrumbs |
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| Mini-TOC |
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| Scripting and automation |
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| Snippets |
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| Converting snippets to HTML text |
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| Standards support | ||||
| Multiscreen HTML5 support |
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| EPUB 3 support |
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| Enhanced CSS3 support |
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| EPUB standard for eBooks, smartphones, tablets, and other handheld devices |
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| XML import and output |
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| XHTML standards support |
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| HTML editor and no Kadov tags |
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| Unicode and translation workflow support |
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| World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) compliance checking |
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| Section 508 compliance for accessibility |
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| Multi-authoring support | ||||
| Merge and publish multiscreen HTML5 content |
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| Enhanced project performance over enterprise networks |
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| Out-of-the-box Microsoft SharePoint integration |
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| Livelink support for Microsoft Word files |
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| Integrated version control support for Adobe RoboSource Control™, Team Foundation Server, Perforce, Visual SourceSafe, and other SCC compliant apps |
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| Ease of use | ||||
| Style pod |
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| Media view in editor |
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| Ability to view media queries |
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| Glossary pop-up |
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| Usage reports on build tags |
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| Hyperlinks, pop-ups, and image maps |
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| Multiple tables of contents, indexes, and glossaries support |
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| Automated wizards |
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| Graphics and multimedia support |
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| Dictionary, Spell Check, Thesaurus, and Auto Correct |
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| Insert line and page break |
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| Enable and disable notifications |
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| REVIEW AND COLLABORATION | ||||
| TOC-based reviews |
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| DHTML content review |
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| Conditional Build Tags |
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| Facebook widget |
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| Tweet widget |
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| Author-to-author, author-to-SME, and author-to-end-user collaboration via PDF, Livelinking, RoboHelp review management, or Adobe AIR Help |
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| Shared reusable resources |
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| PDF based review workflow |
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| Client-based review workflow |
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| Adobe FrameMaker® integration |
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| Community-generated content, comments, feedback; external web content |
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| Moderation-enabled, end-user commenting workflow |
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| END-USER SEARCH | ||||
| Unique URLs for pages |
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| Metadata menu |
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| Keyword-based search |
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| Linguistic synonyms |
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| Stop lists |
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| External content search |
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| Search results with ranking (optional), Boolean operators, and metadata |
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| Phrase search |
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| Search capabilities for PDF and Microsoft Office documents |
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| Option to exclude unreferenced baggage files from search |
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| ADOBE® AIR® | ||||
| Adobe AIR Help on Google Chrome |
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| Adobe AIR output |
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| Adobe AIR Help skin editor |
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| Adobe AIR comments |
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| Adobe AIR comment moderation |
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| MULTIMEDIA & eLEARNING | ||||
| Editable Title and Alt tags |
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| Adobe Captivate® integration |
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| FLV video support |
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| 3D models |
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| ADVANCED FEATURES | ||||
| Mobile Help API library |
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| Advanced feedback analytics to content optimization in Adobe RoboHelp® Server 9* |
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| Additional Enhancements | ||||
| Chrome browser support |
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| Pod environment |
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| IPv6 support |
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| 64-bit OS support |
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| Adobe RoboScreenCapture® utility |
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| Adobe Acrobat Capture® integration |
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| Translation and Localisation | ||||
| Multiple language support |
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| Unicode and translation workflow support |
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Enhanced
Available
*Adobe RoboHelp Server 9 is a separate product from Adobe RoboHelp 10, and must be purchased separately.
