Application User Guide

[spantec]

I use a Windows platform for development. If I were to write a (brief) user guide for my app in MS Word, how would I connect it (or fold it into) to the app as a pop-up help screen? Making it a part of the app is preferable, because then it would work on a Mac.

[danjacoby]

Create a "Help" file and connect to it thru a Help button.

The Help file can be broken out into different layouts (I never use records, just text in the layouts, and disable creating/editing/deleting records); that way, you can get to different layouts in the Help file from different layouts in the main file. Additionally, you may want to add a navigation bar within the Help file to move from layout to layout.

[SteveB]

My data input layouts can usually be divided in half either horizontally or vertically. I've put little help icons on these layouts so that a user can click and receive help while still entering data. I also built an entire help system with more detail using a FM file with a menu and scrolling layouts. I agree with Dan that you are better off staying and building using FM's features.