Technical Communication Suite from Adobe — Interview with RJ Jacquez

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Technical Communication Suite from Adobe — Interview with RJ Jacquez

December 10th, 2007 | Posted in Podcasts 7 Comments »

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Duration: 22 min.

RJ Jacquez, senior product evangelist at Adobe.com, talks about the new Technical Communication Suite from Adobe, which includes RoboHelp 7, Captivate 3, Acrobat 3D version 8, and Framemaker 8. Topics we discuss include the following:

What the Technical Communication Suite includes and how each product interacts
Integration of Captivate with RoboHelp
Integration of Framemaker with RoboHelp
Support for 35 plus languages
Ability to embed flash in Acrobat 3D PDFs
Experience with the Tech Comm blog
Roadmap for the Technical Communication Suite
Adobe’s emphasis on suites

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