Draft:Dr.Explain

Dr.Explain
Developer(s)	Indigo Byte Systems LLC
Initial release	1 July 2005; 19 years ago
Stable release	6.4 / May 12, 2022; 2 years ago
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Platform	PC
Available in	English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Dutch, Turkish, Sweden
Type	IDE
License	Shareware
Website	www.drexplain.com

Submission declined on 5 August 2022 by NeverTry4Me (talk).

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you have not resolved the issues listed above, your draft will be declined again and potentially deleted.
If you need extra help, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors.
Please do not remove reviewer comments or this notice until the submission is accepted.

Where to get help

If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews.
If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed.

How to improve a draft

Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia.
Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup
Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references
Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article
Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources

You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article.

Improving your odds of a speedy review

To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags.

Add tags to your draft

Editor resources

Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs

Declined by NeverTry4Me 2 years ago. Last edited by 194.186.4.82 4 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

Resubmit

Please note that if the issues are not fixed, the draft will be declined again.

Submission declined on 9 May 2022 by Tol (talk).

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

in-depth (not just passing mentions about the subject)
reliable
secondary
independent of the subject

Make sure you add references that meet these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

Declined by Tol 2 years ago.

Comment: Not encyclopedic, but more an advertisement of the product. Not ready for WP:NSOFT _{- Signed by}NeverTry4Me ^Talk 00:39, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Dr.Explain is a Windows-based help authoring tool published by Indigo Byte System LLC.

Features

Program allows a technical writer to create documentation in various formats, such as CHM (HTML Help), HTML, PDF, and RTF. It also has the ability to generate code for the C++, Delphi, and Visual Basic programming languages to integrate the generated CHM help files into the applications. Also Dr.Explain includes user guide templates and image annotation automatic tools for rapid^[2] documentation creation. The software also has the capabilities to create electronic educational resources in online and PDF formats.^[3]

The program allows capturing application windows or web pages and automatically adds annotations to interface elements on screenshots. This approach is functional when describing the functionality of software as it partially automates the creating of documentation.

The program provides the possibility of multi-user work through Dr.Explain collaboration servers.

History

The section lists the most essential version updates^[4] of Dr.Explain software since its initial release in the Summer of 2005.

Dr.Explain 1.2. The first public release of Dr.Explain. (July, 2005)^[5]

Dr.Explain 1.5. The multi-byte languages support were introduced. (September, 2005)^[6]

Dr.Explain 2.0. The functions for customizing the visual style with CSS, indexing by keywords in CHM, spell checking were added. (August, 2006)^[7]

Dr.Explain 2.5. Menu capturing, context sensitive help IDs support, validation tools, and 40 new features were added.(March, 2007)^[8]

Dr.Explain 3.0. Images, tables, lists, font styles, and user-defined variables support were added. (March, 2008)^[9]

Dr.Explain 4.0. The program's GUI was completely remastered. (Macrh, 2010)^[10]

Dr.Explain 4.1. The program was translated into 9 languages. The functions of annotating images, exporting to PDF and inserting HTML fragments have been added. Also it became possible to import documentation from various formats to Dr.Explain. (October, 2010)^[11]

Dr.Explain 4.5. The screenshot annotation templates constructor was introduced . (December, 2011)^[12]

Dr.Explain 4.10. Social network integration and instant PDF preview were introduced . (March, 2013)^[13]

Dr.Explain 5.0. The program introduced the possibility of team-work and collaboration through a cloud service Tiwri.com (September, 2014) ^[8]

Dr.Explain 5.5. The x64 platform support was introduced. The further x86 platform support and development has been stopped. (September, 2017)^[14]

Dr.Explain 6.0. The program's GUI was remastered and new simplified screenshot capturing tool plus improved content editor were added. (April, 2020) ^[14]

Dr.Explain 6.3. The collection of user guide and knowledge base templates was added to the program. (November, 2021) ^[4]

Awards

On the G2 Crowd website, Dr.Explain is regularly marked with a High Performer award (from Spring 2018 till Spring 2022)^[15] in the category of "help authoring tool" (HAT) software, and is placed in the list of top help file authoring tools.^[16] The G2 Crowd score is based on the ratings from real users, which takes into account the factors, such as the ease of use, ease of setup, quality of support, compliance with requirements, and others.

On November 20, 2015, ComponentSource awarded the Indigo Byte Systems LLC with Dr.Explain as a single listed product with Top 100 Publisher Award.^[17]. The allocation of the awards has been calculated based on real sales orders placed by verified customers globally during 2014.

On September 02, 2013, Dr.Explain has been reviewed by Frederick Barton, a software review editor at FindMySoft. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has awarded Dr.Explain with Essential award.^[18]

Events

Dr.Explain team regularly participates and sponsors professional events on software development and technical writing:

ESWC: European Software Conference, 2021^[19]
ISDEF: Independent Software Developers Forum, 2017^[20]
Delphi Developer Days, 2017^[21]
UA Europe: An annual conference for technical communicators, 2013^[22]
Tekom tcworld conference, 2010^[23]

References

^ "Dr.Explain Download Page". Dr.Explain.
^ Achtelig, Marc. "The list of Rapid help development tools by Indoition". Indoition. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "Software tools for creating electronic educational resources in the resource-based learning process". Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers JETT, Vol. 12 (3), 2021; ISSN: 1989-957. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Dr.Explain Version History". Dr.Explain. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "Dr.Explain User Reviews at CNET". CNET Download. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ Marnie, Hutcheson (18 October 2019). "New Stuff: Resources for Your Developer Toolbox". MSDN Magazine, December 2005 issue. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "Developer Product Briefs: The latest products for VSM readers". Visual Studio Magazine, September 2006 issue. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Dr.Explain Changelog at Softpedia". Softpedia. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "Dr.Explain Version History at Software Informer". Software Informer. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "Dr.Explain 4.0 Enables Rapid Creation of Software Help Systems to Speed up Software Rollouts". Benzinga. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "Dr.Explain 4.1 - Innovative Help Authoring Suite Localized for Local European Markets and Latin America". PRWeb. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "Dr.Explain 4.5 - A new version of the best help file and manual authoring tool". YouTube. December 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ McAndre, Colum. "Dr.Explain 4.10 review". Communicator (Spring 2014): 36–39. ISSN 0953-3699.
^ ^a ^b "Dr.Explain News at ComponentSource". ComponentSource. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "G2 Crowd - Dr.Explain Reviews". G2 Crowd. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "G2 Crowd - Help authoring tools". G2 Crowd. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "Bestselling Publisher Awards for 2014-2015". ComponentSource. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "Dr.Explain Editor's Review at FindMySoft". FindMySoft. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "European Software Conference and Epsilon Award". ESWC. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "ISDEF - Independent Software Developers Forum 2017 Sponsors". ISDEF. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "Delphi Developer Days 2017 Tour Sponsors". Delphi Developer Days. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "Exhibition and Vendor Presentations at UA Europe 2013". UA Europe. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "It's worth taking part! - Tekom". Yumpu. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

External links

Category:Online help Category:Technical communication tools Category:Screenshot software

[1] "Dr.Explain Download Page". Dr.Explain.

[2] Achtelig, Marc. "The list of Rapid help development tools by Indoition". Indoition. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[3] "Software tools for creating electronic educational resources in the resource-based learning process". Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers JETT, Vol. 12 (3), 2021; ISSN: 1989-957. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[:2-4] "Dr.Explain Version History". Dr.Explain. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[5] "Dr.Explain User Reviews at CNET". CNET Download. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[6] Marnie, Hutcheson (18 October 2019). "New Stuff: Resources for Your Developer Toolbox". MSDN Magazine, December 2005 issue. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[7] "Developer Product Briefs: The latest products for VSM readers". Visual Studio Magazine, September 2006 issue. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[:0-8] "Dr.Explain Changelog at Softpedia". Softpedia. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[9] "Dr.Explain Version History at Software Informer". Software Informer. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[10] "Dr.Explain 4.0 Enables Rapid Creation of Software Help Systems to Speed up Software Rollouts". Benzinga. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[11] "Dr.Explain 4.1 - Innovative Help Authoring Suite Localized for Local European Markets and Latin America". PRWeb. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[12] "Dr.Explain 4.5 - A new version of the best help file and manual authoring tool". YouTube. December 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[13] McAndre, Colum. "Dr.Explain 4.10 review". Communicator (Spring 2014): 36–39. ISSN 0953-3699.

[:1-14] "Dr.Explain News at ComponentSource". ComponentSource. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[15] "G2 Crowd - Dr.Explain Reviews". G2 Crowd. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[16] "G2 Crowd - Help authoring tools". G2 Crowd. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[17] "Bestselling Publisher Awards for 2014-2015". ComponentSource. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[18] "Dr.Explain Editor's Review at FindMySoft". FindMySoft. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[19] "European Software Conference and Epsilon Award". ESWC. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[20] "ISDEF - Independent Software Developers Forum 2017 Sponsors". ISDEF. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[21] "Delphi Developer Days 2017 Tour Sponsors". Delphi Developer Days. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[22] "Exhibition and Vendor Presentations at UA Europe 2013". UA Europe. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[23] "It's worth taking part! - Tekom". Yumpu. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]