Adobe Technical Communication Suite
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Adobe Technical Communication Suite is a collection of applications made by Adobe Systems
for technical communicators, help authors, instructional designers, and eLearning and training design professionals.
The suite allows users to author, manage, and publish interactive instructional information from technical documents and books to online help systems, knowledge bases, interactive training, and eLearning contents.
Version 1 : The suite was announced on September 25, 2007, consisting of Adobe FrameMaker
8, Adobe RoboHelp 7, Adobe Captivate
3 and Adobe Acrobat
8, and updated to version 1.3 on June 2, 2008 to reflect the addition of Acrobat 9 Pro Extended to the package. It is noted that the FrameMaker 8 and RoboHelp 7 applications included in this Suite were special versions that contained additional features that improved the workflow and integration between the applications. These versions were only available as part of the suite and could not be purchased separately.
Version 2 : Announced on January 20, 2009; adds Photoshop CS4
and Presenter 7 to the suite, plus FrameMaker 9, RoboHelp 8 and Captivate 4.
Version 2.5 : Announced in June 2010; adds Adobe Photoshop
CS5 and Adobe Captivate
5 to the suite.
Version 3.0 : Announced on January 11, 2011; saw the update to Adobe FrameMaker
10, Adobe RoboHelp 9, Adobe Captivate
5, Adobe Photoshop
CS5 and Acrobat X Pro
. Adobe Bridge
is included in the installer package. Adobe Presenter, which has been available in previous versions, has been removed.
Version 3.5 : Released in August 2011; saw the update to Adobe Captivate
5.5.
Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...
for technical communicators, help authors, instructional designers, and eLearning and training design professionals.
The suite allows users to author, manage, and publish interactive instructional information from technical documents and books to online help systems, knowledge bases, interactive training, and eLearning contents.
Version 1 : The suite was announced on September 25, 2007, consisting of Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe FrameMaker is a document processor for the production and manipulation of large structured documents. It is produced by Adobe Systems. Although FrameMaker has evolved slowly in recent years, it maintains a strong following among professional technical writers.- Overview :FrameMaker has more...
8, Adobe RoboHelp 7, Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate is an electronic learning tool for Microsoft Windows, and from v.5 Mac OS X which can be used to author software demonstrations, software simulations, branched scenarios, and randomized quizzes in .swf format. It can also convert Adobe Captivate generated .swf to .avi which can be...
3 and Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format . All members of the family, except Adobe Reader , are commercial software, while the latter is available as freeware and can be downloaded...
8, and updated to version 1.3 on June 2, 2008 to reflect the addition of Acrobat 9 Pro Extended to the package. It is noted that the FrameMaker 8 and RoboHelp 7 applications included in this Suite were special versions that contained additional features that improved the workflow and integration between the applications. These versions were only available as part of the suite and could not be purchased separately.
Version 2 : Announced on January 20, 2009; adds Photoshop CS4
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems Incorporated.Adobe's 2003 "Creative Suite" rebranding led to Adobe Photoshop 8's renaming to Adobe Photoshop CS. Thus, Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the 12th major release of Adobe Photoshop...
and Presenter 7 to the suite, plus FrameMaker 9, RoboHelp 8 and Captivate 4.
Version 2.5 : Announced in June 2010; adds Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems Incorporated.Adobe's 2003 "Creative Suite" rebranding led to Adobe Photoshop 8's renaming to Adobe Photoshop CS. Thus, Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the 12th major release of Adobe Photoshop...
CS5 and Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate is an electronic learning tool for Microsoft Windows, and from v.5 Mac OS X which can be used to author software demonstrations, software simulations, branched scenarios, and randomized quizzes in .swf format. It can also convert Adobe Captivate generated .swf to .avi which can be...
5 to the suite.
Version 3.0 : Announced on January 11, 2011; saw the update to Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe FrameMaker is a document processor for the production and manipulation of large structured documents. It is produced by Adobe Systems. Although FrameMaker has evolved slowly in recent years, it maintains a strong following among professional technical writers.- Overview :FrameMaker has more...
10, Adobe RoboHelp 9, Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate is an electronic learning tool for Microsoft Windows, and from v.5 Mac OS X which can be used to author software demonstrations, software simulations, branched scenarios, and randomized quizzes in .swf format. It can also convert Adobe Captivate generated .swf to .avi which can be...
5, Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems Incorporated.Adobe's 2003 "Creative Suite" rebranding led to Adobe Photoshop 8's renaming to Adobe Photoshop CS. Thus, Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the 12th major release of Adobe Photoshop...
CS5 and Acrobat X Pro
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format . All members of the family, except Adobe Reader , are commercial software, while the latter is available as freeware and can be downloaded...
. Adobe Bridge
Adobe Bridge
Adobe Bridge is an organizational software application created and released by Adobe Systems as a part of the Adobe Creative Suite, beginning with CS2. Its primary purpose is to link the parts of the Creative Suite together using an interface similar to the file browser found in previous versions...
is included in the installer package. Adobe Presenter, which has been available in previous versions, has been removed.
Version 3.5 : Released in August 2011; saw the update to Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate is an electronic learning tool for Microsoft Windows, and from v.5 Mac OS X which can be used to author software demonstrations, software simulations, branched scenarios, and randomized quizzes in .swf format. It can also convert Adobe Captivate generated .swf to .avi which can be...
5.5.