MadCap Software
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 2005 San Diego, California |
| Headquarters | San Diego, California |
| Products | Help authoring tool technical documentation |
| Website | www.madcapsoftware.com |
MadCap Software is an American computer software firm headquartered in San Diego, California that creates help authoring tools and solutions for technical writers and documentations teams. Several principal managers, software engineers, and support personnel were recruited from rival firms, such as Adobe Systems and Macromedia, to found MadCap Software.[1] MadCap's authoring tools are all based on xHTML.
Origins
Some of MadCap Software's founders were associated with eHelp and its core product, RoboHelp, a help authoring tool. After it was bought by Macromedia in 2003, the eHelp developers were laid off. MadCap co-founder Bjorn Backlund had headed the RoboHelp development team. He saw an opportunity to compete with RoboHelp by rewriting the program using XML and expanding the software. MadCap's founding CEO, Anthony Olivier, had been eHelp's CEO.[2]
Products
- MadCap Flare, a content authoring tool that generates output in various formats, including HTML5, Microsoft Compiled HTML Help, Microsoft Word, PDF, and WebHelp
- MadCap Central, a cloud-based solution for hosting, project management, build automation and task management
- MadCap Doc-To-Help, an authoring and publishing tool for users who want to create and manage content in a familiar Microsoft® Word environment
- MadCap Capture, a screen capture tool
- MadCap Contributor, content review for subject matter experts, managers
- MadCap Lingo, a CAT tool used with Flare, Word, PowerPoint
- MadCap Mimic, a tool for recording tutorials and software simulations
- MadCap Pulse, analytic and social collaboration tool
MadCap Flare Plugins
- The Kaizen Plugin is a free productivity plugin for MadCap Flare, developed by Sander Improvement Software AB, based in Sweden. Improvement soft also offers the following commercial plugins:
* The Mad Quality Plugin for validating content using the Schematron standard * The Markdown Plugin for converting Markdown files to Flare topics. * The Automator Plugin to integrate Flare with 3rd party tools. * The Review Plugin to manage topics using periodic reviews.
- The MadCap Connect for Salesforce® plugin for MadCap Flare, developed by MadCap Software.
- The Author-it® Converter for MadCap Flare, developed by MadCap Software.
See also
References
- ^ "MadCap Software About Us". MadCap Software. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Outsourced but not outdone | The San Diego Union-Tribune". legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
- Hall, Mark (January 8, 2007), "Authoring tools tussle will get rowdier later this year", Computerworld, 41 (2): 10
External links
- Official website
- The Official MadCap Software Forum
- MadCap Flare Review at PCWorld
- The Kaizen Plugin for Flare
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