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"Definitions" heading "How do I" heading "Why can't I" heading# command'PICT' graphics<3D Button> command [1] <Allow Prompts> command [1] <App Creator> command <App Logo> command [1] <App Text> command [1] <Balloon Menu Text> command <Build Sequence> command [1] <Checkbox> command [1] <Coach Mark> command [1] <Comment> command <Default Format> command [1] <Default Nav Button Set> command [1] <Default Prompt Set> command [1] <Define AppleScript Coach> command [1] <Define Context Check> command [1] <Define Event List> command [1] <Define Event> command [1] <Define Format> command [1] <Define Item Coach> command [1] <Define Menu Coach> command [1] <Define Nav Button Set> command [1] <Define Nav Button> command [1] <Define Object Coach> command [1] <Define Panel> command [1] <Define Prompt Set> command [1] <Define Sequence> command [1] <Define Text Block> command [1] <Define Transparent Format> command [1] <Define Window Coach> command [1] <Delete Index Header> command [1] <Delete Index Topic> command [1] <Delete Index> command [1] <Delete Topic Area Header> command [1] <Delete Topic Area Topic> command [1] <Delete Topic Area> command [1] <Dimmable Button Data> command [1] <Else> command [1] <End If> command [1] <End Making Sure> command [1] <End Panel> command [1] <End Sequence> command [1] <End Text Block> command [1] <Exception> command <Format> command [1] <Gestalt> command [1] <Header> command [1] <Help Menu> command [1] <Hot Object> command [1] <Hot Rectangle> command [1] <Hot Text> command [1] <Howdy> command [1] <If> command [1] <Ignore> command <Include> command [1] <Index Instruction> command [1] <Index Sorting> command [1] <Index> command [1] <Insert Index Header> command [1] <Insert Index Topic> command [1] <Insert Sequence> command [1] <Insert Topic Area Header> command [1] <Insert Topic Area Topic> command [1] <Jump Sequence> command [1] <Launch New Sequence> command [1] <Look For Instruction> command [1] <Look For Results Instruction> command [1] <Look For Search Btn Instruction> command <Look For String> command <Make Sure> command [1] <Max Height> command [1] <Min Height> command [1] <Mixin Match> command <Mixin> command [1] <On Panel Create> command [1] <On Panel Destroy> command [1] <On Panel Hide> command [1] <On Panel Show> command [1] <Panel Prompt> command [1] <Panel> command [1] <PICT> command [1] <QuickTime> command [1] <Radio Button Launch New Seq> command [1] <Radio Button> command [1] <Replace Sequence> command [1] <Resource> command [1] <Seq Nav Button Set> command [1] <Sequence Prompt Set> command [1] <Skip If> command [1] <Sorting> command [1] <Standard Button> command [1] <Start Making Sure> command [1] <Starting Res Number> command [1] <Startup Window> command [1] <Synonym> command <Topic Area> command [1] <Topic Areas Instruction> command <Topic> command [1] <Topics Instruction> command [1] <Version> command [1] <World Script> command [1] <WorldScript> commandA
About Apple Guide About guide files [1] [2] access windows [1] features of [1] Full [1] creating Look For features for [1] defined designing Index features for [1] designing Look For features for [1] designing Topics features for [1] features of [1] for Help guide files headings for [1] howdy text on [1] topic areas for [1] topics for [1] Simple buttons in defined features of [1] for Shortcuts guide files howdy text on [1] topics for [1] Single List defined features of [1] howdy text on [1] topics for [1] action panels [1] additions. See Mixin guide files AGClose function [1] AGFile library AGFileGetDBCount function [1] AGFileGetDBCountry function [1] AGFileGetDBMenuName function [1] AGFileGetDBType function [1] AGFileGetDBVersion function [1] AGFileGetHelpBalloonText function [1] AGFileGetHelpMenuAppCreator function [1] AGFileGetIndDB function [1] AGFileGetMixinMatchSelector function [1] AGFileGetSelector function [1] AGFileGetSelectorCount function [1] AGFileIsMixin function [1] AGGeneral function [1] AGGetAvailableDBTypes function [1] AGGetFrontWindowKind function [1] AGGetFSSpec function [1] AGGetStatus function [1] AGInstallCoachHandler function [1] AGInstallContextHandler function [1] AGIsDatabaseOpen function [1] AGOpen function [1] AGOpenWithSearch function [1] AGOpenWithSequence function [1] AGOpenWithView function [1] AGQuit function [1] AGRemoveCoachHandler function [1] AGRemoveContextHandler function [1] AGStart function [1] Apple Guide compared with Balloon Help components of [1] features of [1] typical help session with [1] uses of [1] Apple Guide API functions in [1] Apple Guide Debug extension [1] [2] Apple Guide extension determining if installed Apple Guide font Apple Guide icon AppleScript and coachmarks determining location of coachmarks with [1] localizing running a compiled script application creator application logo [1] [2] [3] application programming interface for Apple Guide. See Apple Guide API application signature authoring tips [1] autosaving guide files, compile optionB
Balloon Help BalloonID function Body format branches [1] build files and the <Include> command compiling creating [1] Build menu Build utility Build window building source files into a guide file [1] built-in event functions [1] buttons content area [1] [2] [3] creating [1] dimmable [1] [2] formatting [1] GoStart [1] Huh? in Tutorial guide file Index [1] [2] localizing Look For [1] [2] navigation [1] [2] [3] radio [1] [2] on decision panels on related topics panels titles for standard [1] [2] [3] three-dimensional [1] [2] [3] Topics [1] [2] types of [1]C
checkboxes on decision panels [1] [2] titles for checkBoxState context check [1] closure panels [1] coachmarks AppleScript [1] associating with a panel [1] item [1] localizing menu [1] object [1] styles of [1] testing types of [1] window [1] Column function [1] [2] company name in access window [1] [2] Compile arrow compile messages in Guide Maker errors interpreting [1] warnings compile options autosaving guide files creating symbol files setting [1] warning when panels split compiling help source files [1] [2] compiling help source files. See building help source files composing help instructions condition functions checkBoxState [1] defining [1] radioButtonState [1] content area buttons [1] [2] content area of panel context checks and Continue panels [1] [2] and first previous panels [1] and Oops panels [1] [2] [3] defining [1] determining [1] displaying branches based on evaluation of [1] in flowcharts introduced [1] localizing testing using [1] Continue panels [1] and context checks [1] [2] compared with Oops panels control features. See buttons Convert arrow Convert menu Convert utility Convert window converting with Guide Maker [1]D
decision panels [1] [2] default prompt set [1] definition panels [1] Diagnose menu Diagnose utility [1] dialog boxes coaching items in [1] DialogID function DoAppleScript event functionE
Espy font event functions built-in [1] defining [1] testing event lists defining [1] exception lists Export Guide File commandF
Finder, and system help first previous panel [1] first-level panels [1] [2] flowcharts, designing help content with [1] fonts Espy recommended footnotes in Windows Help files formats Body creating [1] default [1] designing [1] Full [1] [2] localizing recommended [1] specifying [1] Tag Tag and Body [1] transparent [1] formatting buttons [1] graphics [1] panel text [1] Full Access windows creating Look For features for [1] defined designing Index features for [1] designing Look For features for [1] designing Topics features for [1] features of [1] for Help guide files headings for [1] howdy text on [1] topic areas for [1] topics for [1] Full format [1] [2] for introductory panelsG
GoBack event function GoStart button and the <Define Nav Button> command [1] using [1] graphics in panels formatting [1] green "X" character coachmarks [1] guide file additions. See Mixin guide files guide file index [1] Guide File Info report [1] guide files About [1] [2] compiling [1] designing [1] designing with flowcharts [1] developing content for [1] Help in Help menu [1] inappropriate material for [1] indexes. See indexes invoking from Help menu [1] with Command key shortcuts localizing [1] main Mixin [1] [2] navigating through [1] Other [1] [2] Shortcuts [1] [2] system software testing [1] Tutorial [1] [2] types of [1] uses of [1] Guide Maker Build utility [1] Diagnose utility [1] introduction to [1] Localize utility [1] menus [1] Reports feature [1] Test Look For utility [1] Guide Script Guide Script commands abbreviations [1] descriptions [1] quick reference to [1] Guide Script source files. See help source filesH
headings [1] height of navigation buttons of panels default maximum default minimum of standard buttons help content deriving from reference documentation [1] designing with flowcharts [1] inappropriate material for [1] Help guide files Help menu [1] help source files hot areas hot objects [1] hot rectangles [1] hot text [1] compared with panels associated with Huh? buttons on related topics panels howdy text [1] [2] Huh? button and the <Define Nav Button> command [1] and the <Dimmable Button Data> command [1] panels associated with [1] using aI,J,K
ignore lists [1] [2] Import Resources command Index button [1] [2] Index instructions Index Sort Strings report [1] index terms commands for [1] invisible visible [1] indexes designing [1] terms in invisible [1] visible [1] testing [1] information panels [1] introducing users to help system [1] [2] introductory panels [1] invisible index terms item coachmarks [1]L
Localize menu localizing and stemming AppleScript buttons coachmarks context checks formats panel text [1] sequence display area source files [1] Look For button [1] [2] Look For features designing [1] [2] exception lists ignore lists [1] [2] matching search phrases with topics [1] stemming [1] synonym lists testing [1] Look For instructionsM
Macintosh Guide Macintosh Guide additions [1] Macintosh Operating System, and system help main guide files Menu Appearance command [1] menu coachmarks [1] [2] Mixin guide files additional commands for [1] and topic areas and topics creating [1] designing [1] introduced movies specifying [1]N
Names to IDs report [1] navigation arrows navigation bar navigation button set specifying [1] navigation buttons [1] [2] navigation methods [1]O
object coachmarks [1] [2] Oops panels [1] and context checks [1] [2] [3] compared with Continue panels Other guide files [1] [2]P
panel branches. See branches panel number panel sequences. See sequences panels [1] . See also standard panel types buttons in [1] characteristics of [1] commands for creating [1] content area of default features of [1] features of [1] first level first previous [1] first-level [1] formatting [1] formatting text in [1] graphics in formatting [1] localizing height of navigating through [1] navigation bar on numbering of prompts for [1] second level second-level sequence display title area width of panels associated with Huh? buttons [1] compared with hot text pictures application logo [1] specifying [1] Point function [1] [2] PowerBook Guide presentation panels. See panels presenting help instructions. See panels presenting topics to users. See access windows prompts default [1] defining [1] designing [1] formatting overriding [1] sets of [1]Q
QuickTime moviesR
radio buttons [1] in Simple Access windows on decison panels on related topics panels title for radioButtonState context check [1] random access RECT function red arrow coachmarks [1] red circle coachmarks [1] red underline coachmarks [1] RedArrow function [1] reference documentation, deriving help content from [1] related topics panels [1] reports generating from Guide Maker [1] Reports menu resource types 'PICT' [1] 'scpt' 'snd ' resources importing [1] movie [1] picture [1] script sound version [1] RGBColor function [1] [2]S
saving guide files Scopes and Keys report [1] second-level panels [1] [2] sequence display title area sequences commands for creating [1] designing [1] within other sequences [1] sequential access Set Compile Options command Shortcuts Shortcuts guide files [1] [2] Simple Access windows buttons in defined features of [1] for Shortcuts guide files howdy text on [1] topics for [1] Single List Access windows defined features of [1] howdy text on [1] topics for [1] sounds specifying source files compiling Speech Guide split panels standard buttons [1] [2] standard panel types action [1] closure [1] Continue [1] [2] and context checks decision [1] [2] definition [1] information [1] introductory [1] Oops [1] [2] and context checks [1] [2] panels associated with Huh? buttons [1] [2] related topics [1] tip [1] transition [1] Standard Resources file [1] [2] Standard Setup file [1] [2] stemming [1] [2] strings specifying styled text . See also formats styles SurfWriter Guide source files for symbol files compile option creating synonym lists system software guide filesT
Tag and Body format [1] for action panels [1] [2] for long introductory panels Tag format tags [1] [2] . See also Tag and Body format Test Look For menu Test Look For utility [1] testing guide files [1] text attributes and the <Define Format> command [1] default for panel text of checkboxes [1] of radio buttons [1] of standard buttons [1] text blocks defining [1] text in panels formatting [1] three-dimensional buttons [1] [2] [3] tip panels [1] title area [1] [2] topic areas [1] Topic instructions topics [1] Topics button [1] [2] transition panels [1] transparent formats [1] Tutorial guide files [1] [2] Tutorial, component of Apple GuideU
user interface [1] utilities Build Convert Diagnose [1] Localize [1] Test Look For [1] Utilities palette [1]V
version resource [1] Video Guide Video Player visible index terms [1]W,X,Y,Z
window coachmarks windows coaching items in [1] Windows Help files footnotes in preparing for conversion underlined hidden text in windows. See access windows