Here is your opportunity to meet members of the Adobe RoboHelp product management team and community professionals to learn about the major new benefits of Adobe RoboHelp 9.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
8:30 am – 1 pm (with lunch)
Hyatt Regency Long Beach, CA, USA
Background: In 1991, RoboHelp began to earn its reputation as the author-friendly leader in help authoring tools. Now, on its 20th anniversary, we have released a new version, the fourth since Adobe took on the development of this revered software. We are extending a special invitation to the Southern California technical communication community as well as participants of the WritersUA Software User Assistance Conference, where Adobe is a major sponsor.
Agenda
8.30
Coffee and registration
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9.00
Where Adobe RoboHelp 9 is taking usAnkur Jain, Product Manager, RoboHelp, will explain Adobe’s thinking behind the new features and workflows introduced in RoboHelp 9. Ankur will also share Adobe’s vision for RoboHelp vis-à-vis the key trends in Technical Communication.
45 mins
9.45
FindabilityRick Stone will cover new features aimed at making it easier for users to find the content they want.- Dynamic User-Centric Content – a personalized way for the end user to self select content and filter TOC, Search and Index by categories such as by role, location or applications. - External Content Search – create search keywords that yield results which open external blogs, websites and community-generated content. - Metadata techniques – such as synonyms and topic search keywords
30 mins
10.15
Coffee and pastries
15 mins
10.30
Authoring review and content collaboration- Tom Aldous will describe and demonstrate the Reviewing features for peer to peer and author to subject matter expert reviews. - Peter Grainge will describe and demonstrate the enhancements in AIR Help 2.0 – comment moderation, easier configuration, automatic updates and a new AIR Help Skin Editor for branding consistency.
45 mins
11.15
Improving content with Audience Feedback Analytics from Adobe RoboHelp Server 9John Daigle will show how feedback report analytics can be customized and filtered according to selected audiences as a way to make your content even more targeted and relevant. He will also explain the major improvements to installation and administration of the RoboHelp Server.****
30 mins
11.45
Wrap upSumming up – Ankur Jain
15 mins
12.00
Buffet Lunch
45 mins
Speakers
Ankur Jain
Ankur Jain is the Product Manager for Adobe Technical Communication Suite and RoboHelp. Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information. As Product Manager, Ankur is responsible for Adobe’s business strategy and product roadmap for Technical Communications.
