Apple Guide Starter Kit 1995

Danny Goodman's Apple Guide Starter Kit is a book by Danny Goodman and Jeremy Joan Hewes on writing help files for Apple Guide, the onscreen help system of Macintosh System 7.5 and later. It was published by Addison-Wesley in 1995, ISBN 0-201-48349-1 (Library of Congress QA76.8.M3G644 1995). The Guide Starter software that the book teaches is copyright Danny Goodman. The scan is 303 pages.

It is not an Apple publication. Apple's own book on the subject is Apple Guide Complete 1995.

Contents

Taken from the book's contents pages.

• Part I, Quick Start, p. 1
  • 1 Overview: Apple Guide and the Apple Guide Starter Kit, p. 3
  • 2 A Hands-On Introduction to Guides and Guide Starter, p. 15
  • 3 Guide-Thinking: A Short Course, p. 39
• Part II, Creating a Basic Guide with Guide Starter, p. 45
  • 4 Designing Your Guide, p. 47
  • 5 Writing Content for the Access Window, p. 65
  • 6 Planning Panel Content, p. 87
  • 7 Creating the Panels, p. 105
  • 8 Adding Index Terms to the Guide, p. 139
  • 9 Building a Text File and Compiling a Guide, p. 153
  • 10 Testing and Revising Your Guide, p. 165
• Part III, Adding Bells and Whistles, p. 175
  • 11 Working with the Text File, p. 177
  • 12 Using Other Coach Marks, p. 199
  • 13 Adding Graphics and QuickTime Movies, p. 211
  • 14 Building Topics with Branches and Decision Panels, p. 223
  • 15 Creating Word Lists for "Look For" Access, p. 235
  • 16 Using AppleScript, p. 241
  • 17 Using Context Checks, p. 253
  • 18 Guide Script: An Overview, p. 271
• Index, p. 285

What this book does not contain

It is a software authoring book. It has no service procedures, parts lists, schematics or electrical data for any Macintosh.

Related pages

• Apple Guide Complete 1995
• Real World Apple Guide 1995

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