Adobe Unveils Technical Communication Suite

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced Adobe Technical Communication Suite software, an integrated solution for authoring, managing, and publishing technical information and training content across multiple formats and languages. Using the Adobe Technical Communication Suite, technical communicators and instructional designers can create documentation, eLearning courses and user assistance programs containing both traditional text and graphics along with rich media, including Adobe Flash Player compatible video and 3D. The suite includes Adobe RoboHelp 7, a major upgrade to Adobe's help system and knowledge base authoring tool, as well as Adobe FrameMaker 8, Adobe Captivate 3 and Adobe Acrobat 3D Version 8 software. Product and workflow integration and support for rich media formats, including Adobe Flash Player compatible video, SWF, MP3 and AVI files, Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), XML and Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) are included. Adobe Technical Communication Suite will be available for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows XP and is expected to ship by the end of October 2007 at an estimated price of US$1,599. Users can upgrade for an estimated price of US$999 if they have prior versions of Adobe Captivate, FrameMaker or RoboHelp. http://www.adobe.com