MadCap Software

MadCap Software
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, Eclipse Help, Microsoft Compiled HTML Help, Microsoft Word, PDF, EPUB, 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.
The Mad Quality plugin is a quality assurance plugin for MadCap Flare, developed by Sander Improvement Software AB.
The Markdown plugin is a Markdown conversion plugin for MadCap Flare, developed by Sander Improvement Software AB.
The Automator plugin is a plugin for MadCap Flare that lets you integrate 3rd party apps with Flare, developed by Sander Improvement Software AB.
The MadCap Connect for Salesforce® plugin for MadCap Flare, developed by MadCap Software.
The MadCap Connect for Zendesk plugin for MadCap Flare, developed by MadCap Software.
The Author-it® Converter for MadCap Flare, developed by MadCap Software.

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

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[1] "MadCap Software About Us". MadCap Software. Retrieved 26 March 2013.

[2] "Outsourced but not outdone | The San Diego Union-Tribune". legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com. Retrieved 2017-07-03.