Publishing PDF file

PDF (Printable Document Format) is an open standard for document exchange created by Adobe Systems in 1993. If you need documentation to look the same way in every platform, you can use PDF format to create print-ready documentation. PDF files created with the Dr.Explain contain Table of Contents (TOC), bookmarks, links, and graphics.

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There are several ways to publish your help project to PDF:

click button in the application toolbar;
go to the Export menu and click the Export to PDF menu option;
use the Alt+Shift+D keyboard shortcut.

The following dialog window will appear:

Path field

Click Browse... to specify the path to the exported file.

Click

button to open target folder in Windows Explorer.

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Validation tool option

Check this option to validate your project files before publishing the PDF file.

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Open PDF file

Check this option to automatically open the generated PDF file.

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Progress bar

This bar shows the progress of the publishing process.

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Process log

This section shows the log messages of the publishing process.

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More settings

Click this button to display the PDF export settings dialog where you can configure settings related to export to PDF.

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Start export

Press this button to start the publishing process. Once it started, this button turns into the Stop export button. Click Stop export to stop the publishing process (e.g. if you need to make changes to your project).

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