Upgrading: RH7 separate product or Tech Comms Suite

Hi Everybody,
I'm at a point now where I'm looking to upgrade to RH7. I
also need a copy of Captivate due to some deadlines that have been
set against me. These are the main two products I'm looking at.
What I really want to know is who, on this forum, have upgraded to
RH7 as a separate product and who has delved in to the Tech Comms
Suite? Are there any gotchas?
I already have RH X5, which was an upgrade of an upgrade, and
Framemaker 6.0, which I haven't actually had a reason to use since
I joined the company. However, I was wondering if it's worth
upgrading to the Tech Comms Suite based on the Framemaker 6.0
product. What I can't find on the website is how does this upgrade
work? Would I receive a brand new version of RH7, CP3 and Acrobat3D
and an upgrade version of Framemaker 8?
The offer of all these products in one suite seems too good
to be true. What happens when just one product is upgraded? What
happens if I then decide that I have no use whatsoever for
Framemaker? Are all the products in the Tech Comms Suite full and
proper versions? So many questions... I searched for answers but
couldn't find any other posts relating to this, so if there is a
discussion going on elsewhere then please do point me in that
direction.
Can anyone help me make my mind up? Thanks!
Liz

quote:
Originally posted by:
lillibetUK
Hi Everybody,
I'm at a point now where I'm looking to upgrade to RH7. I
also need a copy of Captivate due to some deadlines that have been
set against me.
Unless you have some pre-existing experience with Captivate,
you may find it hard to get all the way up to speed on that product
quickly. You may want to look at subscribing to Lynda.com for a
month and taking their on-line course. It's Captivate 2, but I'm
still finding it useful (as a total Captivate newbie).
quote:
These are the main two products I'm looking at. What I really
want to know is who, on this forum, have upgraded to RH7 as a
separate product and who has delved in to the Tech Comms Suite? Are
there any gotchas?
I already have RH X5, which was an upgrade of an upgrade, and
Framemaker 6.0, which I haven't actually had a reason to use since
I joined the company. However, I was wondering if it's worth
upgrading to the Tech Comms Suite based on the Framemaker 6.0
product.
As with RandiWrite, I upgraded from RoboHelp X5 (alone; I
didn't have any of the other products in the suite though I have
CS3 including Acrobat Pro) to TCS. I called Adobe Support for
confirmation that I was eligible before buying the product, and
they advised that I was. I had no trouble at all installing the
suite.
quote:
What I can't find on the website is how does this upgrade
work? Would I receive a brand new version of RH7, CP3 and Acrobat3D
and an upgrade version of Framemaker 8?
Essentially you just get a full install package with the
whole TC suite on it. I opted for the download from the Adobe store
rather than the boxed version since it was slightly cheaper and I
was impatient to get it. (Also, they don't deliver to PO Boxes
which is the only way I could get delivery since I'm seldom in one
place long enough for a courier to find me.) I think that the
install procedure checks that you have the existing programs on
there, then away it goes and puts the new ones on as well. It
didn't remove X5 on my computer; I could do that myself without,
I'm pretty sure, any untoward effect on version 7; I just haven't
bothered yet.
I seem to recall that when I upgraded to PhotoShop CS3 I had
CS2 on one of my two computers but not the other. (I think it was
on my notebook but not my desktop.) I was able to install CS3 on
the desktop without having to install CS2 first; as I recall, it
asked me for some kind of identifying code first to verify that I
was already a licenced owner of CS2. (Sorry to be so vague, it was
a while ago now.) My point is that Adobe has its act together (in
my experience) at letting you do upgrades from older packages.
HOWEVER, RoboHelp X5wasn't an Adobe product at the time and doing
the upgrade without having the X5 package installed may be more
problematic. This is academic in your case since it IS installed.
quote:
The offer of all these products in one suite seems too good
to be true.
It's true; this isn't Microsoft we're talking about here.
8^>
quote:
What happens when just one product is upgraded?
You pay less, but you get less. But that's ONLY if it's ONE
product. Indeed, I found that it would have been more expensive (in
Australia at least, I don't know about the UK) for me to upgrade to
RH7 and buy Captivate than it was to upgrade to TCS. It's not dumb
marketing on Adobe's part, it's actually rather smart. By giving
you that value, it gets you to use more of their products (and lets
face it, while no software is perfect Adobe's is pretty good), and
consequently hooks you in for future versions. I know that RH has
imperfections, but I do love it. Same with Acrobat Pro.
quote:
What happens if I then decide that I have no use whatsoever
for Framemaker?
I don't, but I don't care. I may play with it at some point,
but the short version is that I still got the products that I DID
want (RH7 and Captivate) cheaper than buying them separately and if
anything else wants to come along for the ride I'll find it a room
on my hard disk.
quote:
Are all the products in the Tech Comms Suite full and proper
versions?
They are indeed. You can take them out in public or to a nice
restaurant and have no fear that they'll cause you embarrassment.
quote:
So many questions... I searched for answers but couldn't find
any other posts relating to this, so if there is a discussion going
on elsewhere then please do point me in that direction.
Can anyone help me make my mind up? Thanks!
Liz
Go for it. You'll love it. 8^>
Mal.

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