Designing Your Guide File Content

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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:

access windows (see page 2-27)
topic areas and topics (see page 2-37)
panels (see page 2-41 and page 2-53)
sequences (see page 2-66)
branches (see page 2-68)
buttons (see page 2-69)
hot areas (see page 2-76)
coachmarks (see page 2-78)
context checks (see page 2-81)

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)