Create responsive HTML5 online help, PDF user guides, knowledge bases, API documentation, policy and procedure manuals, illustrated part catalogs, maintenance manuals, and more with MadCap Flare. Creating and publishing a single source speeds up content delivery, reduces costs, and ensures that your end users have access to the information they need, on any device, language, or format.
Create responsive HTML5 online help, PDF user guides, knowledge bases, API documentation, policy and procedure manuals, illustrated part catalogs, maintenance manuals, and more with MadCap Flare. Creating and publishing a single source speeds up content delivery, reduces costs, and ensures that your end users have access to the information they need, on any device, language, or format.
Maximize content, reuse, and publish content across multiple outputs with Flare's advanced creation capabilities. The ease of use combined with unmatched versatility makes Flare a powerful creative and publishing engine for any documentation team.
Flare's modern user interface comes packed with features, including a patented XML editor. A completely customizable interface makes custom creation efficient.
The toolbar makes it easy to access and view common tasks. You can also create your own quick access toolbar and custom keyboard shortcuts.
One of the most commonly used elements in the Flare interface, Content Explorer is used to store all content-related items in your project.
Another element often used in the Flare interface, the Project Organizer is used to store all project-related items in your project.
Author content using the integrated XML Editor "What you see is what you get" (WYSIWYG), with layout modes for printing, web, tablet, and mobile devices. In addition, the patented framework bar technology allows you to easily manipulate and visualize a visual representation of your content structure without having to view the underlying XML.
A synchronized split view shows the XML Editor and Text Editor in real time, with horizontal and vertical orientation options, autofill, and syntax-colored code validation.
The Styles pane, for example, displays style classes and identifiers (IDs) contained in the style sheets that are associated with the current content file. Window panes can be docked, floated, or hidden.
Publish your content to popular formats including HTML5, PDF, Microsoft Word, Clean XHTML, EPUB, DITA, and Eclipse Help; as well as legacy output types such as WebHelp and FrameMaker.
Flare uses responsive web design that automatically adjusts the display of your content, depending on the device.
Create stunning, easy-to-use, easy-to-navigate, and visually stunning HTML5 web content for your end users.
Flare offers advanced features for cutting-edge print publishing needs, including CMYK support, OpenType fonts, vector graphics support, and more.
Adapt and publish content to other platforms, such as Salesforce, using the Salesforce Connect plug-in and Clean XHTML output.
System requirements:
4096MB ram
1.4GB available in HD
Intel Pentium 4
Windows 7, 8 and 10, both 32bits and 64bits
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6
Team Foundation Server 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 or 2018
Java Runtime Environment 7.51 ( if using flare from the 32bit version, you must use the 32bit JRE )
If you are using Elasticsearch, the 64-bit Java Development Kit 1.8 is required. And Elasticsearch servers also need the JDK 1.8, IIS, and .NET Core 1.1.6 Hosting Bundle.
SharePoint 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and 365
To support EPS images ghostscript is required (if it is Flare 32bits, Ghostscript 32bits is required)
Adobe FrameMaker 7 2017
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