Uniquely: Dr.Explain captures screens from live application and documents them automatically!

From a live software application or a web site ...
Create help documentation for Windows software, Java and Web applications
much faster than ever.
The Dr.Explain captures application windows, automatically recognizes controls,
and creates annotated screenshots with numbered callouts and tags.

... through single source editing and easy content management ...
Manage text content, technical illustrations, and annotated screenshots with
ease.
Flexibly setup help page layout and topic structure.
Embed keyword indexes & full text search without
server side scripting. Create context sensitive help files.

... to ready help files, on-line manuals, & printable documentation
Use one source and the only tool to make help in many formats.
Build searchable on-line manuals without programming or databases.
Compile HTML Help files in CHM format to ship with application.
Make printable documentation in RTF and PDF.
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 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 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
"We are using Dr.Explain to produce CHM help, product documentation and to incorporate Web based html for a very large enterprise application. The tools and features within Dr. Explain have definitely made the job much simpler. Besides having a great product, the people at Dr. Explain have shown exceptional cooperation for incorporating ideas asked for by end users."
James Neill, Accelerated Design, Inc. More testimonials »
What's new
June 1, 2010 The Dr.Explain team is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of UA Europe 2010
March 9, 2010 Dr.Explain 4.0 is available
January 20, 2010 Dr.Explain 4.0 Updates are available to registered users of old versions
December 30, 2009 Public beta version of Dr.Explain 4 is avaliable
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