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date: 2008-09-03
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# Explain what you feel is an important feature for a help authoring tool and why (Flare Giveaway)
[Madcap Software](http://madcapsoftware.com) is preparing to release Flare 4 shortly (an exact date hasn't been announced). Being the cool people they are, they gave me a free copy of Flare 4 to give away. Flare costs around $899, so this is a deal.

I'll also be doing a podcast on Flare with [Sharon Burton](http://madcapsoftware.wordpress.com) later this week, and will post it probably on Monday.

Without further ado, here are the rules of the Flare giveaway contest:

> In the comments below the post, explain what you feel is an important feature for a help authoring tool and why. Your answer can be short (one sentence), or you can write a novella.

By entering the contest, you agree to have your name submitted to Madcap Software so they can potentially contact you. (Sorry about that -- I guess nothing is totally free.)

When Flare 4 is officially released, I will select the winner at random (how could I possibly choose anyway?) using some kind of random number generator I find online.

**Tip:** Although you can only enter one comment, if you write a blog post and link back to this post (resulting in a trackback), both your original comment and your trackback will be entered in the contest, giving you two chances to win rather than just one. (If your trackback never appears, you can add the link manually as a second comment.)