Version 3 highlights (from the press release):
Source Control Integration
– Direct integration with Microsoft Visual Source Safe and Microsoft Team Foundation Server
– Integration with most other industry source control systems (that use the MS SCC API interface)
WebHelp Plus
– Faster server-side search
– Searching of non-HTML content (MS Word documents, PDF files, etc.)
– Automatic runtime merging of projects without any in-project work
– Auto-merged search functionality
– Auto-merged TOC options
Advanced FrameMaker Import and Support
– Pass-through marker support (pass raw content or data from FrameMaker to Flare without any processing or modification)
– Drop-down support
– TopicAlias marker support
– Hypertext Marker / Jump to Named Destination support
Enhanced Style Support
– Expanded table print styles for more control when sending output to MS Word, FrameMaker, or PDF
– Optional basic Style Editor for the new user
– Import styles
– Search highlight styles (customize search highlight colors)
User Interface
– Carrot tag neighborhood markers(a new method for working with inline formatting when necessary)
– New TOC grid view provides more control over TOC editing
– New customizable columns for various Flare interface screens
For a full list of new features and enhancements in Flare v3,see: http://www.madcapsoftware.com/products/flare/features.aspx#v3
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