| 1 | ,Almost all well-designed applications now have context-sensitive help. It isn't quite the same as bubble-help | which is a single line that describes what you are pointing at on the screen. If you're not sure what a particular button does | move the pointer over it and wait for a second or two. A little 'bubble' with a one-line description of what the button does will pop up. Not all software has bubble help. |
| 2 | ,There is another type of context-sensitive help called Cue Cards. These were originally developed by Microsoft | but lots of other software developers are now using a similar concept. When you use a function | there's a little window at the side of a screen that explains exactly what you're doing and tells you what you should do next. As soon as you are familiar with a program and know what you're doing you can switch off the Cue Cards.
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