RoboHELP alternatives

[Char James-Tanny]

> Replacement for Robohelp:     http://www.doctohelp.com/
>
> I sat through a demonstration at a local STC meeting (IESTC.org).
> The story goes that Macromedia bought RoboHelp, and then let it die
> on the vine. The people that developed Robohelp originally then
> started Doc-To-Help.

Actually, Doc-To-Help was the first HAT (followed shortly thereafter
by ForeHelp and RoboHelp).

The folks who developed RoboHelp started MadCap Software and created
Flare (and a few other tools, too!).

And Macromedia was purchased by Adobe, who has resurrected RoboHelp,
which is now in beta.

Char James-Tanny ~ JTF Associates, Inc. ~ http://www.helpstuff.com
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