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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Janoff (non-Celgene) [mailto:sjanoff -at- celgene -dot- com]
> Sent: March-05-12 4:02 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com; McLauchlan, Kevin
> Subject: RE: Beta Tester's Review of MadCap Flare 8
>
> You can revert from ribbon to the old-style "tool strip" and back again
> at any time. (From ribbon it's File > Options and from tool strip it's
> Tools > Options. Interface tab.)
>
> HTML5 output looks great. Don't know about cross-browser issues.
>
> MadCap notes during the install that v8.0 (now v8.0.1) and v7.2 can
> live and work on the same machine independently. (I'm guessing you can
> only have one open at a time, but don't know.)
>
> Don't know about the other stuff (Contributor etc.).
>
> It looks good and some of the improvements are subtle but important.
> (I believe they've fixed that search feature that Robert was concerned
> about.)
Good to know, if I ever get Flare 8.
Apparently, I might be on the slow end of the roll-out of download
letters to holders of maintenance plans. And you can't get it by
going to the MadCap site. All you get is a big "DOWNLOAD" button
that just trolls for e-mail addresses, but doesn't actually send
out e-mails (it's been two and a half hours, now, and nothing on
my corporate address OR my Gmail).
I sent a message to customersupport -at- madcapsoftware -dot- com, but today's
window of opportunity (all three hours of it) is totally blown.
Don't know when I'll get another few hours to install, configure,
and start playing with new software.
-k
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