Less than a year ago, Adobe announced that a new version of RoboHelp would be released by the end of Q1 or Q2 of 2007. (See Joe Welinske's article A Revived Future for RoboHelp for more information.)

And today, RoboHelp 6 was released. At Adobe's site, you can get information on both X6 and RoboHelp Server, and you can read various articles:

• What's New in RoboHelp X6? by Michael Hu
• Getting Started with RoboHelp 6 by Peter Grainge
• Using the Conditional Build Tags Feature in RoboHelp HTML 6 by Rick Stone
• Getting Started with RoboControl Source 3 in RoboHelp 6 by Matthew Ellison

There have been a few changes. Adobe has consolidated products, so that now two products are offered instead of seven. ("The authoring and publishing features of RoboHelp Office, RoboHelp Office Pro, RoboHelp Office Pro for .NET, and RoboInfo have been consolidated into RoboHelp 6. RoboHelp Server 6 includes all the server-based functionality from RoboHelp Office Pro, RoboHelp Office Pro for .NET, and RoboEngine Connectivity Pack.") RoboHelp 6 now includes variables, Adobe Acrobat Elements, and command line generation.

Congratulations to Adobe for getting this out, technically ahead of time!