Images and multimedia

Images and multimedia communicate ideas - sometimes better than text. By adding pictures, sound, video, and animation to your topics, you can add interest and flair to your Help system.

Image files

You can include screen shots, icons, scanned photographs, background pictures (also called watermarks), logos, and more in your Help system to give it interest and color. You can even create clickable images - images that are actually links to other topics or to Web sites on the Internet or intranet.

Keep in mind that each Help format supports different image formats, but there are many image tools available to Help you create or convert images into the format you need. (Most Help authoring tools contain image tools for that reason.)

Multimedia files

It's fun and easy to add sound, video, and animation to your Help systems. Some users aren't satisfied with just text and regular images - they want the next dimension. Multimedia files can be used to communicate concepts in a more interactive way.