So after the haze of updates, I have finally been able to download MadCap Blaze to my virtual machine. I have to say that after being so excited to get started, I was not a little bit dismayed to see this on MadCap’s “Free Trial Downloads” page:
“Blaze runs in trial mode. The trial is limited to a 30-day evaluation period and cannot be used for production work. To ensure this, while in trial mode, Blaze marks its outputs with random characters.
Upon purchase and activation of Blaze, the limitations are removed and the projects created during the evaluation period may be published for production use.”
I had figured on only having 30 days for the trial, and it had been my hope to use those days to nab a freelancing gig or two to test out Blaze while defraying the cost of purchase for me. In fact, this weekend I had planned reproducing my resume in Blaze and helping two friends with their resumes as well.
Now that I know I can’t actually make anything in the trial version of Blaze, I feel a bit like my plans are dashed. Certainly my plans for the weekend are; I will have to use InDesign to work on the resumes.
I still want to learn MadCap, and I am now installing the software. I’m just not quite sure what I am going to do with it.