-
Technical writers
Higher efficiency via automation -
Software Developers
Making help for software just got easier -
IT directors & ISV
A single tool for all help formats
-
Create help topics automatically!
Unique to Dr.Explain is its innovative approach to creating help documentation much quicker than with other tools.
The program parses a live application and automatically produces screenshots of its windows along with a sequence of explanatory callouts for each control.
The process is accurate and fully automated, so you can quickly annotate multiple screens & graphical interface elements to illustrate your software help documentation. -
The shortest learning curve ever
Manage text content, technical illustrations, and annotated screenshots with ease.
Make help files and online manuals literally in minutes. Simple and well thought out interface will save your time and eliminate stress.
Flexibly setup help page layout and topic structure. Create context sensitive help files for your software applications. -
A single cost-effective tool for all projects
Use one source and the only tool to make help in many formats. Don't spend money on multiple tools and utilities.
Create online help manual with search & indexes. Make CHM help files to ship with your Windows application.
Write print-ready software documentation in RTF and PDF formats.
Uniquely: Dr.Explain captures screens from live application and documents them automatically!
Dr.Explain - help file maker & documentation writing tool - is available in 9 languages!
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 and PDF formats. 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 help file maker. 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 file authoring tool with many features at affordable price of $165(US) per license. 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.
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 , More reviews »
What's new
1 January 2012
The Dr.Explain team is proud to be a sponsor of
2 December 2011
Watch Dr.Explain 4.5 - Video Press Release
26 September 2011
Dr.Explain 4.5 is available.
1 June 2011
The Dr.Explain team is proud to be a Sponsor of UA Europe 2011
22 October 2010
The Dr.Explain team will exhibit at Tekom-Trade Fair 2010 in Wiesbaden, Germany from 3'rd to 5'th November.
You are welcome to visit our booth #416 in Rhein-Main halls.
Latest posts in forum
Software help authoring articles
Read and syndicate these articles:
- White Papers: Writing Cost-Effective Documentation for Software Systems
- Why software documentation needs index and how to make it work efficiently
- Agile Technical Writing Basics
- Software Documentation in Scrum Projects
- Windows Software Help Files Formats
- Error Accessing and Displaying CHM Files: Reasons and Solutions
- A Dozen Techniques to Improve Your Software Online Help
- The Hidden Power of Online Manual





















