Dr.Explain: Help Authoring Software (CHM,RTF,HTML)
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Software help authoring just got faster with Dr.Explain tool

Dr.Explain is an automated help authoring tool for creating CHM files, HTML help, on-line manuals, and printable documentation


Tool for Professional Software Help Authoring (CHM,RTF,HTML)
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Make help files and on-line manuals for Windows software, Web sites, Java and Flash applications


The Dr.Explain will analyze the structure of your software interface and will generate help topic drafts for it automatically. If you are a Web developer, then the HTML parsing capabilities will help you quickly document all significant parts of your Web site as well. It doesn't matter what technology or tools you used to design your software GUI. The Dr.Explain can make help documentation for any solution.

Automatically create annotations for your screenshots based on window or Web form structure


The Dr.Explain tool is exceptionally useful for authoring help files with many screenshots and technical illustrations. The built-in capturing tool analyzes internal structure of captured windows or web forms and automatically creates numbered annotations for all significant GUI elements: buttons, fields, options, menus, toolbars, and so on. You must just add some descriptive text to complete the topic. With other help authoring tools those operations would take hours while with the Dr.Explain you can accomplish it in minutes.

Generate help documentation in different formats from a single source


With the Dr.Explain you can easily generate a complete array of user documentation in various formats from a single source file. The Dr.Explain can make CHM help files, HTML on-line manuals and printable manuals in RTF. Electronically distribute your help file with application; put it on your product website; or deliver it as a printed manual within the box.

Easily invoke your help files from any programming language


Many software vendors have already appreciated the simplicity of the Dr.Explain tool. The produced help files and on-line manuals can be easily built in any solution and invoked from any programming language. The common use cases include but are not limited to the following technologies: C, C++ (MFC & WTL), Visual Basic, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, WinForms, WPF, Delphi & Object Pascal, Clarion, FoxPro, PHP, Perl, HTML, JavaScript, and many more.

Get the professional help authoring tool at affordable price


The Dr.Explain is a professional level help authoring tool with many features at affordable price, starting from $125(US). The tool will pay for itself on the first project because it's a great time and money saver. The Dr.Explain is a good choice for any software vendor, from micro ISV and freelancers, to big software development companies and studios.

Minimum system requirements

PC 1Ghz : RAM 256 Mb
MS Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista

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Use-case article by Richard Northcott "Adding Help to Visual Studio 2008 application with Dr.Explain"

Software Help Authoring Tools news March 01, 2009
The Dr.Explain was reviewed by Neville W. Richards in "The Developers Group Magazine"

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The Dr.Explain was featured at special meeting of STC Alberta (The Society for Technical Communication), Canada.

Software Help Authoring Tools news February 02, 2009
Dr.Explain v.3.1.206, the maintenance update was released.

Software Help Authoring Tools news September 10, 2008
Official press release about Dr.Explain 3.1 was published.

What your colleagues say
"I think you are onto an excellent product here and I've said so in the newsgroup. That's the good stuff. Dr.Explain, as I have mentioned before I think it is a great product. "

Phill Hellewell, P&M Software

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