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Harness the power of MadCap Flare™!

Finally, the book you’ve been waiting for!

MadCap Flare™ is an incredibly powerful tool for developing documentation that’s easy to re-use, maintain, and publish in various print and online formats. It also has a steep learning curve for new users.

Five Steps to MadCap Flare gives you the basics and the insider tips for success with your Flare projects. No wading through lengthy online help topics to get answers. You’ll learn how to create both online and print documents using simple step-by-step procedures. The book includes tutorials for more complex operations and provides reference material for functions such as importing documents into Flare.

• "... a great resource, especially if you're new to Flare."
  Anthony Olivier, CEO
  MadCap Software

• "Five Steps to MadCap Flare . . . covers a lot of ground for new Flare users. We believe this book is an invaluable tool for anyone who wants to get up and running with MadCap Flare."
  Nita Beck, Nita Beck Communications, Pittsford, NY
  Ginny Reynolds, Bridge-Tek Services, Rochester, NY
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• "Five Steps to MadCap Flare is an excellent guide for the first-time Flare user to start and finish that initial project successfully and painlessly. For those who have more experience, it’s an essential resource that you’ll refer to again and again."
  Cheryl Landes, STC Associate Fellow
  Senior Member, STC‐Boston and Puget Sound Chapters
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• "Typically, I’ve only focused on one type of output from Flare—help systems. Using this book, however, I would be well equipped to try other output formats since the detail given in the book leaves no room for guesswork or error. When you are under pressure of deadlines, this book is the helping hand you need!"
  Brian Laing, Documentation and Training Analyst
  Xerox Corporation

• "This book is incredible! It’s designed for new users in a way to help them get a handle on how to use Flare and does so quickly with just enough detail. If you’re new to Flare, you'll want to read this book. If you've used Flare for a long time, keep this book on your bookshelf as a quick reference."
  Deb McNally, Technical Communications Specialist
  Dover, NH

• "This book is packed with useful information! The Tips and Best Practices offer great advice for both new and experienced users. It not only provides a logical and easy-to-understand approach to using Flare but also includes useful advice for structuring and developing online help in general."
  Liz Lukaszewski, Sr. Technical Communications Specialist

• "I wish I could have tapped into the advice on multi-level numbered lists when I began using Flare—plus the appendix on building context-sensitive help is terrific. This information would have saved me hours."
  Doug Eaton, Technical Publications Lead
  Sensis Corporation

• "This book hits the sweet spot for me. It’s exactly what I need to get jump-started using Flare!"
  Jeff O’Gorman, Specifications Writer
  InterSpec

• "I have been using MadCap Flare for two years and although I taught myself to use it by jumping right in, I would have loved to have a how-to book like this one to get started. The application is so robust and full of powerful features, it’s a daunting task to get started without additional explanations and best practice recommendations, both of which are available in this book."
  Melissa Hatanaka, Technical Writer

• "The authors wisely decided to approach the method of creating non-linear topic-based content by using a decidedly linear tutorial approach based on typical workflow. Kudos to them for that!"
  Colin Walters, Principal Technical Writer
  Nashua, NH

• "I consider this book to be really useful for those who are creating their first projects, particularly for those who are new to developing help content and have never used a topic-based authoring tool like Flare."
  Anna Kuleshova, Technical Writer
  Edifecs, Inc.