Author-it releases update for version 5.0

An update for Author-it 5.0 is now available (Build 5.0.11.625).This update resolves a number of known issues, including significant improvements to performance for JET databases and enhanced table functionality.

Which vendor wins the battle of the Help Authoring Tools?

With the recent releases of new Help Authoring Tool versions for RoboHelp, AuthorIT and Flare, plus the release of Quadralay’s ePublisher 9.3, does this affect which Help Authoring Tool you should purchase? What I find interesting is the different ways in which the tool vendors perceive the issue of creating user assistance. If you want… Read more »

AuthorIT Version 5

At last week’s Online Help Conference Europe 2007, AuthorIT’s Austrian distributors demonstrated AuthorIT version 5 and AuthorIT Xtend. These were officially released this week. Verison 5 has a new UI (similar to the latest versions of Word and Outlook) and additional capabilities for controlling the published outputs. They also demonstrated Xtend, which suggests reusable content… Read more »

AuthorIT Live!

Ray Duncan from AuthorIT was in town this week, and I had an excellent chat with him yesterday afternoon. It was a great opportunity to throw out some suggestions for their product, and to get an update on what’s due out in the near future. AuthorIT Live!, which is due out very soon, sounds really… Read more »

New AuthorIT Training courses

We’ve added two new AuthorIT training courses this week. These are self-paced courses that allow you to master AuthorIT at your own pace. One course is AuthorIT training for users, the other is AuthorIT training for Administrators.