Presented by Neil Perlin at Documentation and Training West, May 6-9, 2008 in Vancouver, BC. The use of visual help authoring tools like Adobe Captivate has exploded in recent years because they’re a quick, inexpensive way to create training movies, tutorials, simulations, even e-Learning materials. All of these tools, and there are almost 30 ranging from mainstream tools to shareware and freeware, do basically the same thing, but they often do it using different development models and feature sets. In this presentation, we’ll look at three commercial tools, the market-leading Camtasia and Captivate and a new one, Mimic to see how they compare as far as their development models, features, and appropriateness for your needs.

1. Three Visual Help Authoring Tools

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