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etienneegrosjean
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February 28, 2014
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Lot of question about technical communication suite 5

  • February 28, 2014
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I have a Mac, Parallels with Windows 8 for simulation, Creative Cloud 6, Technical Communication Suite 5. I use the Mac except when an application is available only for windows.

Is there a way to import in Frame PhotoShop and Illustrator documets with automatic link when those programs reside on the mac? (or do I need to install them on Windows)

Creative Cloud allows 2 computers. Is it the same for Tech Comm?

Can the programs in tech comm use the cloud?

Captivate in tech comm can work on the mac. Is there a way to install it there?

Tech Comm install a lot of programs on windows. Are they documented somewhere?

Is there some good tips about docummentation?

Is there a way to reinstall an application? Acrobat did not install corectly on windows (I have it as part of creative cloud on the mac)

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MichaelKazlow
MichaelKazlow
Legend
February 28, 2014

I have the TCS installed on a virtual disk under Parallels on one machine and Virtual Box on another. All of the documents are kept on the Mac side, but the applications are all running under Windows. No issues. All graphic files used in Frame are imported by reference (linked), they update in Frame whenever updated using a Mac or PC application. I have files stored locally and/or files stored using Dropbox.

Arnis Gubins
Arnis Gubins
Inspiring
February 28, 2014

The TechComm Suite is Windows only and is blisfully unaware of the Creative Cloud. It does have connectors to Photoshop and Illustrator for the FrameMaker component. As per all other Adobe products, you can have two activations on a product.

You need to run all of the TCS apps in a VM (Parallels, Bootcamp, etc.) if you want any interactions between them.

Consult the Help for the available documentation (there are downloadable PDFs of the User Guides). However, to learn the applications it it recommended to refer to third-party resources.

The TCS version of Captivate is Window only.

For TCS purposes, install the Acrobat version from the TCS in the virtual enviroment.

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