Adobe Announces Technical Communication Suite: Four Tools That Work As One

Following the success of its Creative Suite, Adobe Systems has announced an innovative new software product offering. It’s called the Adobe Technical Communication Suite, a tightly integrated collection of software tools designed for authoring, managing, and publishing technical information and training content across multiple formats and languages. The Adobe TechComm Suite provides technical communication and instructional design professionals with access to four powerful software applications—FrameMaker 8.0, RoboHelp 7.0 (a brand new version), Acrobat 3D 8.0, and Captivate 3.0—integrated to work together, and sold in one box. Take a look at the features.

Adobe says its targeting the new TechComm Suite at technical communicators and instructional designers who need access to a specialized toolkit that can help them create powerful and interactive product documentation, eLearning courses and user assistance programs containing both traditional text and graphics along with rich media, including Flash video and 3D graphics.

The Price Is Right
With a retail price of $1599 (purchased separately, the same tools would cost $3600) this offer is going to tough for the competition to beat. If you currently own one of the Adobe products below, you can upgrade to the TechComm Suite for only $999!

RoboHelp Deal Too Good To Miss
If you’re a RoboHelp user but not ready to make the switch to an integrated product suite, you can upgrade to Adobe RoboHelp 7, a major upgrade to the popular help system and knowledge base authoring tool, for only $79. That’s $920 off the retail price. And, it’s a deal many people will find too good to pass up.

What They’re Saying About The TechComm Suite
“The Adobe Technical Communication Suite is revolutionizing the industry for technical communicators and writers,” says Kevin Siegel, Founder and President, IconLogic. “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 long time 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.”

“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,” says Alan Houser, President, Group Wellesley, Inc. “The 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.”

“Adobe’s Technical Communication Suite is a true documentation single-source solution,” Matt Sullivan, President/CEO of GRAFIX Training, Inc. I’m able to easily update my print manuals, training videos, and help systems all with the same files. This new integrated tool set 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.”

Learn More
Adobe is offering a series of free eSeminars (webinars) designed to help you better understand the new TechComm Suite.

Topics include:

Adobe Technical Communication Suite and Adobe RoboHelp 7 - Tuesday, October 2, 2007, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM US/Pacific
Benefits of Content Reuse: Adobe RoboHelp 7 and Adobe FrameMaker 8 integration in the Adobe Technical Communication Suite - Thursday, October 4, 2007, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM US/Pacific
Real time ROI for Online Help: Adobe RoboHelp 7 Deep Dive -Thursday, October 11, 2007, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM US/Pacific
Bring your Information to Life with 3D and Flash! - Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM US/Pacific
As easy as ABC and 123: Creating Interactive Help Systems for Your Rich Internet Applications - Tuesday, November 20, 2007, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM US/Pacific

Filed under: Rich Media : Technical Writing : Authoring Tools