Flash in the Can: eHelp's RoboDemo 3.0 Columbia SC

Posted by : Joe Farace

How are your Flash skills? If yours are as weak as mine and from time to time you've got to create Flash-based tutorials or demos, you're gonna love RoboDemo 3.0 from eHelp.

Here's the scoop: RoboHelp lets you build tutorials in Macromedia's Flash format (pause for the punch line) without learning Flash! Built around an easy-to-use editing environment, RoboDemo lets you construct demos that can be viewed on the Web without proprietary plug-ins. While designed to run on Microsoft Windows 95 or later, any of the completed projects you produce can be viewed in Mac OS, Linux, Pocket PC, and even Web TV environments.

Using a Wizard-like interface that is more old-fashioned (think Windows 3.0 instead of XP) than cutting edge, you get to work through cleanly designed screens to produce the final product. You simply work step-by-step with the "no muss, no fuss" interface to add rollover captions or images to a tutorial. You can format captions using the usual formatting suspects including bold, italic, as well as font size. You can even use magnified images to create zoom effects. Several files types can be imported including AVI, TDP, QVP and Microsoft PowerPoint, so you should be able to convert some of your existing .ppt presentations into interactive tutorials without lots of work.

eHelp's RoboDemo is designed to let you provide the context and knowledge while the software itself is smart enough to provide the technical aspects of creat...

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