Dr.Explain 3.1.207

Dr.Explain 3.1.207 is an automated help authoring tool for creating CHM files, HTML help, on-line manuals, and printable documentation.

Dr.Explain is a help authoring tool for rapid creation of help files and user guides. Using its unique auto capture and annotation technology, developers can document their software interfaces almost hands down. When set to work, Dr.Explain parses a live application and automatically produces screenshots of its windows along with a sequence of callouts for each window control. Users only have to add some description to each callout as needed. Dr.Explain can output the results as a set of HTML pages, CHM help file or RTF document complete with screenshots, cross-references, menus and an index page. The output is accurate and professional.

Dr.Explain is ideal for software developers, ISV, micro ISV and technical writers. It handles all the complexities of help formatting and generation, allowing them to concentrate on pure writing. This saves them days that would otherwise be wasted. Dr.Explain is also great to keep help documentation in sync with software updates. Since all data is stored in a single source file, developers can easily edit or update any portion of an existing file. In doing this, they are not required to rearrange the entire help or generate a new file. Developers will also benefit from the opportunity to customize the appearance of their help file to make it match their corporate style. They can customize its visual elements, menus and page layout. On top of all this is an affordable price, which is lower than with the majority of other software documentation tools.

General Information:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.

Major Featuress:

1. Documenting the software user interface (GUI)
   
   • Application windows capturing and automatic annotation
   • Web pages capturing and automatic annotation
   • Shockwave Flash (SWF) applications capturing and automatic annotation
   • Menu with submenus automatic capturing and annotation
   • Numbered callouts for significant controls
   • Screenshot editing and formatting
   • Text labels placement
   • Visual effects and styles
   • Pop up tooltips for screenshot areas
2. Help topic management
   
   • Help file structure management
   • Subtopic indexes
   • Keyword index
   • Topic completeness statuses
   • Topic locking unlocking
3. Content editing
   
   • Full-featured text editor
   • Support of links, images, tables, lists, fonts
   • Text macro variables
   • Spell checker with national dictionaries
   • Multibyte languages (Asian, Arabic) support through Unicode
   • RTL mode support
4. Generating help files
   
   • Creating portable CHM help files
   • Creating on-line manuals in HTML format
   • Creating printable manuals in RTF
5. Plugging the help files into software applications
   
   • Context Help ID support
   • Automatic Help ID assigning and importing
   • Help ID map files generation for various programming languages
   • Opening help files by topic file name or by Help ID
6. Customizing help pages look and style for plugging manual into website
   
   • HTML templates
   • Color themes
   • Custom CSS
   • Help file navigation links
   • Active JavaScript tree-like menu for on-line manuals
   • Print versions of pages
   • Google sitemap generator
     
7. Advanced tools
   
   • Validation tool
   • Compacting tool
   • Command line mode

Enhancements:

1. Capturing of Java applications;
2. Anti-aliased graphics;
3. Capturing scenarios

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