Dr.Explain is a powerful tool for creating CHM (HTML help) files for your software

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  Create CHM

  Make CHM file from scratch in minutes
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  Edit CHM

  Update your old CHM files easily
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  Convert files into CHM

  Create CHM from HLP, DOC, & HTML

• One tool for all your help files!

  The shortest learning curve ever! Create your first CHM file in two minutes.
  
  Easily create and update your CHM help topics in WYSIWYG editor.
  
  Create CHM's table of contents, keyword indexes, menu and navigation links with just a couple of clicks.
  
  Assign Help ID values to CHM topics to create context sensitive help for your application.

• Update your old CHM files!

  Easily import your old CHM files and continue to work with your existing help documentation. Enrich your CHM file with new screenshots and cool illustrations.
  
  Easily change the appearance of CHM file's pages with by applying various preset templates.
  
  Customize CHM pages' headers, footers, and layout.
  
  Create Web-help, PDF, and DOC from the same project and in the same tool!

• Make CHM help files from other formats!

  Import existing HLP, TXT, XML, HTML, or MS Word documents formats and create a single CHM help file.
  
  No third party converters are required.
  
  Create a single table of contents and search index for all imported documentation automatically.
  
  Add your logos, scripts, media content, copyright notices, and corporate graphics to deliver professional help file to your clients.

CHM help files created by Dr.Explain software

Why do i need to create CHM files?

The CHM help file is a set of web pages written in a subset of HTML and compressed together with LZX compression. Nowadays, CHM is the most popular format for creating standalone help file for Windows applications, because CHM is optimized for reading and searching on a user's local PC.

Use CHM format to create context sensitive help for your application

CHM files are the most suitable way to quickly create a context sensitive help system for Windows applications. Almost all modern programming languages and development tools have built methods for linking your program source code with CHM file help topic. Those methods reuse HtmlHelp API by Microsoft that allows opening a specific topic or search for a specific keyword within the CHM file from your application.

No other tools are required to create CHM with Dr.Explain

You may edit your help content in natural way in a single application and then press just one button to make a CHM help file for your application in a couple of minutes.