Adobe RoboHelp

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Adobe RoboHelp

Developer(s)	Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia)
Stable release	9 / January 11, 2011; 13 months ago (2011-01-11)
Operating system	Windows XP Windows Vista
Type	Technical Documentation Editor
License	Proprietary
Website	Adobe RoboHelp Homepage

RoboHelp is a help authoring tool (HAT) created by eHelp Corporation (formerly named Blue Sky Software), acquired by Macromedia, which itself was then acquired by Adobe Systems.^[1]

Features

Technical writers use RoboHelp to create the following help files:

• Adobe PDF
• FlashHelp
• FlashHelp Pro
• WebHelp
• WebHelp Pro
• Adobe AIR
• XHTML
• Microsoft Compiled HTML Help
• Microsoft WinHelp
• Microsoft Word
• Oracle Help for Java
• Sun JavaHelp
• XML
• ePub

History

RoboHelp 1.0

Robohelp was originally created by Gen Kiyooka. (Circa 1991)

Macromedia RoboHelp 5

RoboHelp 5, (or more precisely, RoboHelp X5 Office), was produced by eHelp Corporation. It was acquired by Adobe and is no longer supported. This version of the product required the use of Word for XP, Word 2000 or Word 97.

Adobe RoboHelp 6

On January 16, 2007, notices were sent out announcing "RoboHelp 6." Some of the new features are command-line compilation, user-defined variables, conditional build tags, build-tag usage reports, RoboSource Control 3, Microsoft Word import/export improvements, and Adobe Acrobat Elements.

Adobe RoboHelp 7

On September 25, 2007, notices were sent out announcing "RoboHelp 7." Some of the new features are Unicode support, Vista and Office 2007 support, a more-flexible user interface, and a cleaner editor. RoboHelp 7 started shipping at the end of October 2007.

Adobe RoboHelp 8

Announced on January 20, 2009, this version is included in the new version of the Technical Communication Suite (TCS 2.0), and features the ability to publish a help system as an Adobe AIR application.

Adobe RoboHelp 9

Released in January, 2011.

External links

• Adobe FAQ describing a future roadmap for RoboHelp and Framemaker
• Adobe RoboHelp Forums – a peer-to-peer support forum
• Adobe System's RoboHelp Home Page

References

• Adobe Development Centre – What's new in RoboHelp 6
• Adobe Development Centre – User Defined Variables
• Using the Conditional Build Tags feature in RoboHelp
• WritersUA 2006 Conference Blog – "WinHelp is Dead! RoboHelp Lives!"

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