Lots of people think Flare has a steep learning curve. When I first used it, I was an expert RoboHelp user, and had used quite a few other topic-per-file tools such as XMetal and DreamWeaver, so the learning curve should have been close to flat, but there were a lot of things I knew it could do that I couldn't find in the UI or docs.
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 9:35 AM Jeff Coatsworth <jeff.coatswo...@jonasclub.com> wrote: > > Frankly, I'd disagree - if you can use Word & FM, you can use RH or Flare - > you may not get all the subtleties in it, but topics are topics and styles > are the same as paragraph tags and cross refs are just hyperlinks to > bookmarks. The barrier to entry is pretty low. I'd say you should go ahead > and download a trial & play with it. > > > ________________________________ > From: Framers > <framers-bounces+jeff.coatsworth=jonasclub....@lists.frameusers.com> on > behalf of Robert Lauriston <rob...@lauriston.com> > Sent: February 28, 2020 12:29 PM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. > Subject: Re: [Framers] MadCap Flare > > FrameMaker is not similar to any other tech docs authoring tool. It's > fundamentally a page layout program. > > Flare is fundamentally an HTML authoring tool. It's very similar to > RoboHelp and many other help authoring tools. If you've never used a > similar HTML authoring tool, the learning curve could be pretty steep. _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
