[Framers] MadCap Flare

[Peter Gold]

I started training people to use personal computers and productivity
software in the '80s. IIRC, web pages were almost non-existent back then.;)

Seriously, consider looking at the company's site, maybe even be proactive
and ask to discuss them with someone who can indicate what they are
thinking about, going forward. Then look into Flare, tutorials, and a
trial.

Cheers!

On Fri, Feb 28, 2020, 11:29 AM Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
wrote:

> FrameMaker is not similar to any other tech docs authoring tool. It's
> fundamentally a page layout program.
>
> Flare is fundamentally an HTML authoring tool. It's very similar to
> RoboHelp and many other help authoring tools. If you've never used a
> similar HTML authoring tool, the learning curve could be pretty steep.
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 9:20 AM Ken Poshedly <poshedly at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > At a job interview yesterday (February 27), one of the folks I met with
> stated her hopes that besides the usual technical writing duties, she plans
> for a modernization of one of the company's web pages. Her comment was that
> "It's so 1980s."
> >
> > While I've done online content here and there, I've not done really
> full-blown, overall web site design or redesigns. The staff person (a vice
> president) said that the current page was done using MadCap Flare.
> >
> > Due to the EXTREMELY restrictive policies at my previous employer (where
> I worked for nine and one-half years before the tech pubs function was
> outsourced), we weren't permitted to spend any money on upgrades to our
> software or learn new ones. Thus, I have no experience with MadCap Flare.
> >
> > So I ask about the learning curve; I'm already a 22-year user of
> FrameMaker, Acrobat Pro (version 9, an oldie) and other tools. So how
> similar are these two (FM and Flare) to each other? And if I spend a few
> hours a day using the trial version, any idea on my proficiency?
> >
> > I know this open-ended, but it's really new territory for me. Plus, I
> won't even know if I get the job for a few days or weeks. Just trying to
> plan ahead.
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