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Appendix D - Checklist

Scripting Your Source Files

After designing your guide file, script your source files as follows:

• Set up the organization of your source files
  • Split your content into multiple source files (see page 5-3)
  • Include the Standard Setup file (see page 5-4)
  • Import resources from the Standard Resources file (see page 5-4)
  • Create your build file (see page 5-4)

• Customize the information in the Standard Setup file
  • Define your prompt sets (see page 10-35 and page 10-37)
  • Define your formats (see page 10-30 and page 10-85)
  • Define your navigation button sets (see page 10-32, page 10-71, and page 10-80)

• Provide basic information about your guide file
  • Import your application logo (see page 10-25)
  • Specify howdy text, if any (see page 10-24)
  • Specify the type of access window (see page 10-21)
  • Specify the menu item text that should appear in the Help menu when your guide is available (see page 10-14)
  • Specify help balloon text for your guide's item in the Help menu (see page 10-16)
  • Specify the application associated with your guide file (see page 10-8)
  • Specify WorldScript information (see page 10-13)
  • Specify version information for your guide file (see page 10-11)
  • Specify whether your guide is a mixin (see page 10-19)
  • Specify whether other guides can mix into your guide file or whether it can be mixed in with other guides (see page 10-20)

• Specify your topic areas and topics (see page 10-125, page 10-135, and page 10-137)
• For mixins, add or modify topic areas, index terms, and topics (see page 10-190)
• Define your sequences (see page 10-39)
  • Specify the sequence prompt set (see page 10-42)
  • Specify the sequence navigation button set (see page 10-43)
  • Specify panels and conditional display of panels (see page 10-45, page 10-52, and page 10-153)
  • Provide condition functions for context checks (see page 10-172)

• Provide the content of your panels
  • Text (see page 10-52 and page 10-85)
  • Graphics (see page 10-95)
  • Movies (see page 10-98)
  • Standard buttons (see page 10-57)
  • Three-dimensional buttons (see page 10-59)
  • Radio buttons (see page 10-64)
  • Checkboxes (see page 10-68)
  • Hot text (see page 10-122)
  • Event functions (page 10-177)
  • Coachmarks (see page 10-118)
  • Prompts (see page 10-54)

• Define your index terms
  • Index terms (see page 10-128)
  • Associated help topics (see page 10-135)
  • Topics associated with headings (see page 10-137)

• Define your Look For content
  • Ignore list (see page 10-145)
  • Exception list (see page 10-147)
  • Synonym list (see page 10-149)