Reviews
Flare Online supports an effective content review process when working with files from MadCap Flare Desktop. Files are bundled in a review package, which is essentially a container that can include as little as one or possibly hundreds of files (e.g., topics, snippets). Review packages can be sent from Flare Desktop to Flare Online, reviewed and modified, and individual files are accepted back into Flare Desktop. Once all the files by all the reviewers are reviewed, the owner closes the review package.
The streamlined review package workflow enables owners to assess the overall progress of it through grids. They can see recent activity, who’s reviewing, status of files or packages, or even create new packages directly in Flare Online. Reviewers can open files for review, modify them in an editor, and submit the files within them to Flare Desktop. Files within a review package can be seen as a flat list of files or in a TOC view that provides context and general flow of content for output.
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Note Since the review packages feature affects the reviews process between both Flare Online and Flare Desktop, be sure to check out Flare Desktop's Help system. Flare Desktop supports an efficient workflow for sending and receiving review packages back and forth with Flare Online.
Note The latest version of the Flare Desktop application is required for sending review packages. Older versions of Flare Desktop support reviews but only for sending and accepting single files for review. Files will be brought into Flare Online as one-file packages. For example, if you have 10 files for review, they will be sent as 10 review packages—the files will not be bundled together as one package.
Note If you plan to incorporate sending packages for review from Flare Desktop to Flare Online, the project first must be bound to Flare Online.
