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=MadCap Flare in a Nutshell=

MadCap Flare is a professional content authoring tool developed by MadCap Software, the leading software provider of technical communication tools for end-to-end content development, delivery, and management [of source files]. As the original creators of RoboHelp, MadCap Software set out to develop product solutions for all areas of technical communication. MadCap Flare utilizes the latest industry standards in software development, including native XML and Unicode. It is designed to give technical writers a better way to create, import, and manage content all from a single source document. MadCap Flare includes the following features:

=Benefits of MadCap Flare=

Although single-sourcing and content reuse are major features and benefits of MadCap Flare, there are other benefits to consider such as the following:


 * Authors can focus on creating content instead of constantly formatting and reformatting.
 * Projects and content are accurate and consistent across multiple deliverables and completed faster with far less content duplication.
 * Cascading style sheets (CSS files) are used to control the look and feel of the output.
 * There is no need to train engineers, or other document owners, because they can continue to contribute content in Word as they always have and the technical writers can simply import it into MadCap Flare.

=Achieving the Cost Savings=

According to Victor Gross with MadCap Software, companies that have switched to MadCap Flare as their authoring tool followed the recommended workflow from MadCap, which include:

=References:=

MadCap Software, http://www.madcapsoftware.com

=Further Reading:=

Ten trends in technical communication for 2010 and beyond: http://www.cherryleaf.com/blog/2010/01/trends-in-technical-communication-in-2010-and-beyond/

How can technical authors become part of technology ecosystems?: http://www.cherryleaf.com/blog/2009/05/how-can-technical-authors-join-technology-ecosystems/