Adobe's Software for the Technical Writer

[Bill Swallow]

> The products are not simply existing products, they have been upgraded to
> provide close integration. You can create content in one application, then
> include it by reference in another.

Yes, these are indeed special builds of FM 8 and RH 7 - they are not
the same versions you buy individually, and they do not come with
separate installers (one ring to rule them all).

But "create content in one application, then include it by reference
in another" is incorrect. You can only include FM content in RH. Once
content goes into RH, you can't migrate it back. It's a one-way deal.
This factoid's been missing from many of the discussions about this
tool (not sure if it's due to misleading marketing or simple market
interpretation). Michael Hu (sr. product marketing manager for both RH
and FM) has clarified this information. If it's not yet on the Adobe
site, it's available in my blog.

> When you change the original single-source version, it changes in all the
> places it's included.

In RoboHelp.

> I wrote a bit about it here:
> http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=39762

You may want to update that article to include the unidirectional FM
to RH part. It's a major detail that's being missed.

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Bill Swallow
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