Designing Your Guide File Content
You should perform these tasks before you begin scripting your guide file:
- Determine which information is appropriate for your guide files (see page 3-4)
- Decide which types of guide files you want to create (see page 2-19)
- Find out how the following items should look:
- Create your guide file topic areas and topics (see page 3-4)
- Design your guide file in a hard-copy format (page 3-7)
- Plan panels and sequences (see page 2-41, page 2-53, and page 2-66)
- Design navigation bar buttons (see page 2-71)
- Design content area buttons (see page 2-72)
- Design prompt sets (see page 2-44)
- Decide whether to use Oops or Continue panels for context checks (see page 2-82)
- Design your context checks and associated panels (see page 2-81)
- Design your access window features
- Design your application logo (see page 2-30)
- Compose your howdy text, if used (see page 2-35)
- Create a preliminary guide file index for the Index and Look For features in the Full Access window (see page 3-14)
- Create preliminary ignore, exception, and synonym lists for the Look For feature in the Full Access window (see page 3-17 and page 3-18))
- Design your panel features
- Plan the panel layout and format (see page 2-48 and page 2-49)
- Compose your help instructions (see page 2-43)
- Prepare your graphics (see page 2-50)
- Determine all navigation and content buttons (see page 2-71 and page 2-72)
- Assign the appropriate prompt (see page 2-44)
- Plan for localization (see page 2-88)