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Part 1 — Introduction

Table of Contents

1 Introducing the Help System
Introduction to the Help System
Developer's Toolkit
Overview of Online Help
Help Information Model
Part of the Application
Types of Help
How Users Get Help
Help User Interface
Help Windows
Hyperlinks
Help Navigation
Help Menus
Help Index
Printing from Help
Help Topic Organization
Help Topic
Help Volume
Help Family
Help Index Volume
The Author's Job
Objectives for Online Help
Know Your Audience
Consider How Your Help Is Accessed
Evaluate How to Present Help
Collaborate with the Application Programmer
Author's Workflow
Write Help Topics with DocBook
Think Structure, Not Format
Create Run-Time Help Files
Review Help as the User Will See It
Programmer's Job
Consider How Your Help Is Accessed
Collaborate with the Help Author
Identify Help Entry Points
Create and Manage Help Dialogs
Package and Distribute Help


What Typographic Changes and Symbols Mean
  		 


Chapter 1 Introducing the Help System  
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