- Overview
- How to?
- Creating a blank help page
- Creating a help page from an existing document
- Deleting a help page
- Modifying the help pages
- Sections of a help page
- In a help page, you can:
A help system includes several pages. The pages are the main elements of a help system. When the user consults the help, he reads the content of a help page. Several types of help pages can be implemented in a help file, let's see the most common ones: - the context-sensitive help pages: the content of the help page gives information about the use of a specific window. In most cases, this type of help page is started from the help icon ("?" button) found in the window.
- "How to" help pages: these help pages describe step by step the different actions required to perform an operation.
- "Conceptual" help pages: these help pages present a concept or an idea and define the terms used.
The help pages are linked between themselves by links. The links allow the users to move within the help system. Remark: To automatically generate help pages corresponding to the different elements of the project (windows and reports), on the "Modification" tab, in the "Help system" group, click "Generate help pages of the project". Creating a blank help page To create a blank help page: - 1st method:
- Select a page in the summary.
- On the "Modification" tab, in the "Table of contents" group, expand "New" and select "New blank page".
- A new blank page is automatically created and it can be modified.
- 2nd method: Select "New .. New blank page" in the context menu of the summary. A new blank page is automatically created and it can be modified.
- 3rd method:
- On the "Modification" tab, in the "Table of contents" group, expand "New" and select "New page".
- In the wizard, select "Create a blank page".
- Specify the characteristics of the page and validate.
- 4th method: Select "New .. New page" in the context menu of the summary. In the wizard, select "Create a blank page". Specify the characteristics of the page and validate.
Creating a help page from an existing document A wizard allows you to create a help page from on an existing document. In this wizard, select: - the name and path of the file to import.
- the name of the help page to create.
Caution: If the imported document contains several pages, all the pages will be imported into a single help page. To start the import wizard, use one of the following methods: - on the "Modification" tab, in the "Table of contents" group, expand "New" and select "New page". In the wizard, select "Import an existing document".
- select "New .. New page" in the context menu of the summary. In the wizard, select "Import an existing document".
Deleting a help page To delete a help page: - Select the help page in the summary.
- Select "Deletes the page" in the context menu of the summary (or press the Delete key).
Sections of a help page A help page includes several sections:
All these sections can be modified. |
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