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'''Apple Guide Complete: Designing and Developing Onscreen Assistance''' '''by Apple Computer, Inc.''', Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, '''565 pages''', copyright 1995 Apple Computer, Inc.
'''''Apple Guide Complete: Designing and Developing Onscreen Assistance''''' is Apple Computer's own book on Apple Guide, the onscreen help system of Macintosh System 7.5 and later. It was published by Addison-Wesley, first printing February 1995, ISBN 0-201-48334-3. The scan is 566 pages.


Unlike most of the books in this category this is '''an Apple publication''', part of the Apple Technical Library. It documents Apple Guide, the onscreen assistance system introduced with System 7.5: how to design guide content and how to build and compile it.
The book covers designing help content for Apple Guide, building guide files with Apple's Guide Maker tool, the Apple Guide programming interface and the Guide Script language. A third-party companion on the same system is [[Apple Guide Starter Kit 1995]].


== Related titles on this wiki ==
== Contents ==
* [[Apple Guide Starter Kit 1995]] - Danny Goodman and Jeremy Joan Hewes, Addison-Wesley, 1995, ISBN 0-201-48349-1. A third-party companion to the same system, despite the Apple-sounding title.
Taken from the book's contents pages.
* Preface: About This Book, p. xix
* Part One, Designing Guide Files
** Chapter 1, Introduction to Apple Guide, p. 1-1
** Chapter 2, Authoring Tips and Suggestions, p. 2-1
** Chapter 3, Planning Your Help Content, p. 3-1
* Part Two, Building Guide Files
** Chapter 4, Introduction to Guide Maker, p. 4-1
** Chapter 5, Creating Your Guide File, p. 5-1
** Chapter 6, Testing Your Guide File, p. 6-1
** Chapter 7, Localizing Your Guide File, p. 7-1
** Chapter 8, Converting Windows Help Files, p. 8-1
* Part Three, Integrating Guide Files
** Chapter 9, Apple Guide API, p. 9-1
* Part Four, Scripting Guide Files
** Chapter 10, Guide Script Command Reference, p. 10-1
* Appendix A, Guide Script Command Abbreviations, p. A-1
* Appendix B, Guide Script Commands and Parameters
* Appendix C, SurfWriter Guide and Its Source Files, p. C-1
* Appendix D, Checklist, p. D-1
* Index


== This is not a repair source ==
== What this book does not contain ==
It is a programming book. It contains '''no service procedures, no exploded views, no parts lists, no schematics, no voltages and no component values''', and nothing in it should be cited for a hardware figure. Apple's own repair documentation is in [[:Category:Apple Service Source]]; for electrical data on a specific machine the '''Developer Notes''' are the place to look, because they carry rail currents, processor-direct-slot power budgets and connector pinouts that the ''Service Source'' manuals do not.
It is a software authoring and programming book. It has no service procedures, parts lists, schematics or electrical data for any Macintosh. Apple's repair documentation is in [[:Category:Apple Service Source]].
 
== Related pages ==
* [[Apple Guide Starter Kit 1995]]
* [[Real World Apple Guide 1995]]


<pdf> File:Apple_Guide_Complete_1995.pdf </pdf>
<pdf> File:Apple_Guide_Complete_1995.pdf </pdf>

Latest revision as of 12:25, 30 September 2026

Apple Guide Complete: Designing and Developing Onscreen Assistance is Apple Computer's own book on Apple Guide, the onscreen help system of Macintosh System 7.5 and later. It was published by Addison-Wesley, first printing February 1995, ISBN 0-201-48334-3. The scan is 566 pages.

The book covers designing help content for Apple Guide, building guide files with Apple's Guide Maker tool, the Apple Guide programming interface and the Guide Script language. A third-party companion on the same system is Apple Guide Starter Kit 1995.

Contents

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Taken from the book's contents pages.

  • Preface: About This Book, p. xix
  • Part One, Designing Guide Files
    • Chapter 1, Introduction to Apple Guide, p. 1-1
    • Chapter 2, Authoring Tips and Suggestions, p. 2-1
    • Chapter 3, Planning Your Help Content, p. 3-1
  • Part Two, Building Guide Files
    • Chapter 4, Introduction to Guide Maker, p. 4-1
    • Chapter 5, Creating Your Guide File, p. 5-1
    • Chapter 6, Testing Your Guide File, p. 6-1
    • Chapter 7, Localizing Your Guide File, p. 7-1
    • Chapter 8, Converting Windows Help Files, p. 8-1
  • Part Three, Integrating Guide Files
    • Chapter 9, Apple Guide API, p. 9-1
  • Part Four, Scripting Guide Files
    • Chapter 10, Guide Script Command Reference, p. 10-1
  • Appendix A, Guide Script Command Abbreviations, p. A-1
  • Appendix B, Guide Script Commands and Parameters
  • Appendix C, SurfWriter Guide and Its Source Files, p. C-1
  • Appendix D, Checklist, p. D-1
  • Index

What this book does not contain

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It is a software authoring and programming book. It has no service procedures, parts lists, schematics or electrical data for any Macintosh. Apple's repair documentation is in Category:Apple Service Source.

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