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Adobe Robohelp X6 after Microsoft Office 2007: Adobe silences critics

Adobe is working on a new version of eHelp Macromedia Adobe Robohelp X5, the industry standard Help Authoring Tool. This confirmation from Adobe has laid to rest all rumours and speculations doubting the future of Macromedia Robohelp X5 ever since Adobe acquired Macromedia.

A little history: Adobe announced layoffs and the the original creators of Macromedia Robohelp lead by Michael Hamilton (former Product Manager, Robohelp) had to leave Adobe after the Macromedia-Adobe merger. This particular development lead many to believe that Robohelp Office would soon be dropped. Moreover, Adobe decided not to particpate in the WritersUA 2005 technical writers' conference at Las Vegas adding fuel to the fire.

Mike formed a new company (MadCap Software) with his Robohelp colleagues and released MadCap Flare - a XML based authoring tool with a Robohelp-like workflow and direct support for existing Robohelp projects. Even, Joe Welinske, the president of WritersUA, did talk of the possibility of missing RoboHelp in the future.

Putting all Robohelp rumours to rest, Adobe participated in the WritersUA 2006 conference in Palm Springs to gather feedback from existing RoboHelp users for the next version of RoboHelp (X6). Karl Matthews, Adobe Group Product Marketing Manager, further confirmed that a new release (of Adobe Robohelp) was in progress and expected "in the first quarter of 2007. Adobe is positioning RoboHelp as part of a family of technical documentation tools that include Framemaker, Captivate and Acrobat.

The release dates may also be related to Microsoft Office 2007 which is expected in January - a new compatible version - Robohelp for Word 2007 - makes sense during that time. It should be reasonable to expect integration with Vista Help formats.

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