Reviews and awards

"The job functions and roles of help authors, technical writers, and eLearning developers are steadily merging as the demands on the technical communication industry increase. Adobe Technical Communication Suite combines Adobe's best-in-breed tools for developing and delivering content using industry-standard technologies, including web help, PDF, and Flash. Now technical communicators have all of the tools necessary to create and deliver content in appropriate formats at their fingertips in a single, integrated suite."

"The Adobe Technical Communication Suite provides the only true and complete, world-class, end-to-end authoring toolset on the market. FrameMaker 8, RoboHelp 7, Captivate 3, and Acrobat 3D Version 8 are seamlessly integrated in a package that is scalable for any environment, from the individual writer to large enterprises. It streamlines authors' workflow(s) and allows them to concentrate on information development in either unstructured or structured environments, capitalizes on existing source control capabilities, and adds 3D image integration."

"The Adobe Technical Communication Suite is revolutionizing the industry for technical communicators and writers. Instead of using an armful of individual products to complete projects, technical communicators can streamline workflows, reduce opportunities for error, add interactivity and rich media to technical documents and help systems, as well as improve collaboration and the reviews process, all by using the only single major software solution available on the market today — Adobe's Technical Communication Suite. As a longtime industry veteran, I'm impressed by the level of integration and features found in the suite and recommend it as the fundamental software for anyone in technical communication to own."

"Adobe's Technical Communication Suite is a true documentation single-source solution. I'm able to easily update my print manuals, training videos, and help systems all with the same files. This new integrated toolset from Adobe finally allows me to create, manage, and deliver content without the hassles associated with conversion. This new integration gives me time to push into entirely new markets."

"At last, an XML editor with 100 percent DITA support out of the box that's easily customizable and is also a complete publishing solution. Any other major DITA editor requires a costly additional print server purchase."

"Adobe FrameMaker 8 is poised to be the best release of FrameMaker that Adobe has produced. By incorporating features that users have asked for (year after year), Adobe has finally jumped ahead in showing us that this is a robust, viable, and fully supported product. Full support for DITA and enhanced XML support in general make the product one of the best XML publishing tools on the market. Plus new features such as change tracking, dramatically enhanced support for conditional content, proper support of Unicode, and integration with technology like Acrobat 3D put it into a league of its own."

"The improvements in Adobe RoboHelp 7 can only be described as massive. As an author that writes books and documents for audiences all over the world, I'm pleased to see RoboHelp 7 equipped with Unicode support, as well as a simple, customizable user interface that makes creating help systems and knowledgebases highly intuitive. Adobe RoboHelp 7 clearly demonstrates Adobe's commitment and understanding of this industry."

"RoboHelp 7 is much more than a simple point release — it is a huge leap forward with new functionality you can see and use immediately and wonder how you ever worked without it. In the new Adobe RoboHelp 7 release, I keep uncovering new gems that have been on my RoboHelp wish list for four years. From reusable snippets and a snappy new multiple document interface to Unicode language translation support, Adobe has added another substantial product to their technical communications platform."

"The Captivate tool is easy to use and has a solid ROI for instructional technologists. Utilization of this tool has resulted in a real bottom-line savings, shortened development cycles, and a higher quality product."

Adobe Captivate 2 lets you quickly develop and deploy e-training modules: "Captivate 2 is a useful development tool for rapidly creating and deploying training simulations and demonstrations. Captivate 2 will provide a solid return on the investment through improved training materials and reduced training costs."