Apple Guide Complete 1995

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

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

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

Download: Apple_Guide_Complete_1995.pdf