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An Overview of MadCap Flare

Jose SermenoProduct Evangelist

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TODAYS AGENDA

• Concepts Used in Flare- Topic-Based Authoring- Multi-Channel Publishing- Single-Sourcing

• Flare Demo

• Q&A

MADCAP FLARE CONCEPTS:

Topic-Based Authoring

DEFINITIONSTOPIC-BASED AUTHORINGFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A TOPIC IS:

• A discrete piece of content

• About a specific subject

• Has an identifiable purpose

• Can stand alone

Topics are reusable. They can be reused in any context anywhere needed.

REMEMBER – THINK TOPICSTOPICS IN A FLARE PROJECT

MADCAP FLARE CONCEPTS:

Multi-Channel Publishing

MADCAP FLARE WORKFLOWImport Create/Edit Publish

MADCAP SOFTWARE CONCEPTS:

SINGLE-SOURCE PUBLISHING

SINGLE-SOURCE

• Single-sourcing is the practice of maintaining content for multiple deliverables in a single source. Source files are architected in a modular fashion, so they can be published to multiple deliverables

• Benefits

• Reduce content duplication

• Increase authoring efficiency

• Improve content accuracy & consistency

• Reduce localization costs

SINGLE SOURCING: WORK FLOWCreate Master

Source Files(Content)

Add Conditional Tags/Variables

(Customize)

Define Publishing Targets

(Output)

Generate 3 different Outputs

Target – Beginner• Include: Beginner info• Exclude: Intermediate info

Advanced info• Define other specific attributes

Target – Advanced • Include: Advanced info• Exclude: Beginner info

Intermediate info• Define other specific attributes

Target – Intermediate• Include: Intermediate info• Exclude: Beginner info

Advanced info• Define other specific attributes

Intermediate

Beginner

Advanced

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MadCap Flare Responsive HTML5, Mobile, and EPUB Training August 11-12, 2015 (web-based)

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