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Were there any specific areas of functionality you're interested in, or just a general comparison between the two? Lisa, one of my main concerns is which tool is better at producing a wide variety of help formats (with as little pain as possible). At this point, I an not certain what types of outpu...

Most recently, I used Flare 7 to create online help. I just started a new job where an authoring tool has not yet been ordered but mgmt is leaning towards RoboHelp 9. I haven't used RoboHelp in at least 6 years (version I last used was probably RoboHelp 5). Would like to hear from those of you who a...

Last time I made changes to our release notes and converted to PDF output, everything displayed correctly in the PDF. Another writer recently made changes to the release notes and, when he converts the release notes to PDF format, the PDF output is not displaying correctly except for bolded text (sa...

Steve, so an absolute path doesn't necessarily refer to a complete URL but can also be a file path such as "C:/my documents/documentation projects/project X/content/resources/images/VideoPlayButton.jpeg"?

I'm pretty new to all of this stuff!

Thanks!

I've tried embedding the .wmv files, inserting the .wmv files as a hyperlink, etc. in my topics. When I preview the topics in Flare and click on one of these links, the Windows Media player opens and the video loads and plays. When I compile my help file, it's not working as expected. Windows Media ...

When trying to save a topic, Flare occasionally displays a message to the effect that the topic has been updated outside of the editor with the option to reload the original document or continue with saving my changes. I have never edited any topic outside of the Flare editor but must be doing somet...

Currently using Flare v6 with source code bound to TFS but want to upgrade to Flare v7. Before I install v7, do I need to unbind my project from TFS, then rebind after the installation is complete?

Thanks, Ruth M