| Developer(s) | Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) |
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| Stable release | 9 / January 11, 2011 |
| Operating system | Windows XP Windows Vista |
| Type | Technical Documentation Editor |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Adobe RoboHelp Homepage |
RoboHelp is a help authoring tool (HAT) created by eHelp Corporation (formerly named Blue Sky Software), acquired by Macromedia, which itself was then acquired by Adobe Systems.
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Technical writers use RoboHelp to create the following help files:
Robohelp was originally created by Gen Kiyooka.
RoboHelp 5, (or more precisely, RoboHelp X5 Office), was produced by eHelp Corporation. It was acquired by Adobe and is no longer supported. This version of the product required the use of Word for XP, Word 2000 or Word 97.
On January 16, 2007, notices were sent out announcing "RoboHelp 6." Some of the new features are command-line compilation, user-defined variables, conditional build tags, build-tag usage reports, RoboSource Control 3, Microsoft Word import/export improvements, and Adobe Acrobat Elements. Articles at Adobe's Developer Center describes some of the new features.
On September 25, 2007, notices were sent out announcing "RoboHelp 7." Some of the new features are Unicode support, Vista and Office 2007 support, a more-flexible user interface, and a cleaner editor. A description of the features can be found on Adobe's website.
RoboHelp 7 started shipping at the end of October 2007.
Announced on January 20, 2009, this version is included in the new version of the Technical Communication Suite (TCS 2.0), and features the ability to publish a help system as an Adobe AIR application.
Released in January, 2011.
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