Rotate Individual Pages to Fit Wider Content
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Dr.Explain v7.3 introduces page rotate blocks, allowing authors to accommodate wide tables, screenshots, and images in PDF and DOCX exports.
Dr.Explain
Create user documentation with automated annotations and multi-format export.
- Capture application windows and auto-annotate interface controls.
- Generate help files, online manuals, and printable documentation.
- Collaborate seamlessly with team members on documentation projects.
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Dr.Explain is an application designed to simplify creating comprehensive user manuals and help files. It automates the capture and annotation of application screenshots, supports extensive content editing, and exports to multiple formats. It integrates context-sensitive help and facilitates team collaboration for efficient documentation workflows.
Automatic Screenshot Capture and Annotation
Dr.Explain automatically captures windows from live applications or websites and recognizes interface controls. It generates annotated screenshots with numbered callouts and tags, expediting the documentation of complex user interfaces.
Multi-Format Documentation Generation
It enables output of documentation in popular formats including compiled HTML Help (CHM), online HTML manuals, PDF, and Microsoft Word. Users can create standalone help files, web-based manuals, or printable guides from a single source project.
Comprehensive Content Editing
It offers rich text editing features supporting varied fonts, images, videos, tables, lists, hyperlinks, and macro variables. A built-in spell checker with national dictionaries helps maintain text quality without additional tools.
Project Structure and Progress Management
Users can create, organize, and lock sections within the documentation project. The system supports status indicators for tracking progress and indexes to navigate large projects effectively.
Context-Sensitive Help Integration
Dr.Explain supports the Help ID mechanism to link help topics directly with application modules. This enables contextual help accessible from within software, improving user assistance.
Customizable Visual Styles for Online Manuals
The visual style of web-based documentation can be customized via CSS and predefined templates. This allows manuals to match corporate identity or product site design seamlessly.
Team Collaboration Support
It facilitates collaborative writing by allowing multiple authors to work simultaneously using an online service or a standalone collaboration server. Editing locks prevent conflicts and streamline teamwork.
Ready-Made Documentation Templates
Dr.Explain includes standard template structures and sample manuals to accelerate project startup. These templates provide a solid foundation for creating various types of user guides and knowledge bases quickly.
Product Compatibility
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Operating System
- Windows Desktop
Windows Desktop Version
- Windows 11
- Windows 10
- Windows 8
- Windows 7
Speed Up Documentation Creation with AI
Product UpdateDocumentation Tools
Dr.Explain v7.2 adds an AI assistant that generates, rewrites, summarizes, and searches documentation with awareness of the project content.
Celebrating 15 Years Partnership with Indigo Byte Systems
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ComponentSource and Indigo Byte Systems have worked together for 15 years to deliver help authoring and documentation solutions.
About Indigo Byte Systems
Indigo Byte Systems develops software documentation and help authoring tools for technical writing and application support. Led by co-founder and CEO Dennis Crane, Ph.D., the company focuses on solutions for creating user manuals, online help systems, and technical documentation. Its Dr.Explain application combines documentation authoring with screen capture and interface analysis capabilities for Windows software projects. Indigo Byte Systems has held Microsoft Silver Partner status and provides tools used by software developers, technical writers, startups, and enterprise organizations for managing software documentation workflows.
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