RetroTechCollection

Real World Apple Guide 1995

Real World Apple Guide is a 1995 book by Jesse Feiler, published by M&T Books, a division of MIS:Press (a subsidiary of Henry Holt and Company), New York. ISBN 1-55851-429-5; Library of Congress card number 95-1878.[1] The Library of Congress record gives the extent as xix, 411 pages.[2]

The book explains how to write help for Apple Guide, the task-based assistance system in System 7.5 and later: writing guide files in Guide Script with Guide Maker (access windows, panels, coach marks, sequences, context checks and events), adding Apple Guide support to applications through its API, OpenDoc and MacApp, adding it to HyperCard stacks, 4th Dimension databases and word-processor documents, and localising guides.[3][1] It was sold with a CD-ROM.[4]

Contents

edit

Page numbers are from the book's contents list.[3]

  • Introduction, p. 1
  • Part 1: What Is Apple Guide?
    • Chapter 1: What Is Apple Guide?, p. 13
    • Chapter 2: Apple Guide Concepts and Definitions, p. 29
    • Chapter 3: Accessing Apple Guide, p. 49
    • Chapter 4: Apple Guide and Other Types of Assistance, p. 65
  • Part 2: Creating Guide Files with Guide Maker
    • Chapter 5: About Guide Script and Guide Maker, p. 69
    • Chapter 6: Setting Up Guide Files, p. 75
    • Chapter 7: Access Windows, p. 89
    • Chapter 8: Panels I: Contents, p. 119
    • Chapter 9: Panels II: Coach Marks, p. 143
    • Chapter 10: Panels III: Controls, p. 165
    • Chapter 11: Sequences I: Definitions and Controls, p. 181
    • Chapter 12: Sequences II: Conditions and Context Checks, p. 193
    • Chapter 13: Sequences III: Events, p. 223
    • Chapter 14: Mixins, p. 243
    • Chapter 15: Using Guide Maker and Organizing Source Files, p. 253
  • Part 3: Creating and Modifying Applications to Use Apple Guide
    • Chapter 16: When to Create and Modify Applications to Use Apple Guide, p. 259
    • Chapter 17: The Apple Guide API, p. 265
    • Chapter 18: OpenDoc and Apple Guide, p. 295
    • Chapter 19: MacApp and Apple Guide, p. 299
  • Part 4: Adding Apple Guide to Custom Solutions and Content
    • Chapter 20: Adding Apple Guide to Custom Solutions, p. 325
    • Chapter 21: The Apple Guide Core Suite of Events, p. 327
    • Chapter 22: Adding Apple Guide to HyperCard Stacks, p. 345
    • Chapter 23: Adding Apple Guide to 4th Dimension, p. 359
    • Chapter 24: Adding Apple Guide to WordPerfect or Microsoft Word, p. 365
    • Chapter 25: Adding Apple Guide to Content, p. 375
  • Part 5: Reaching Out to the World: Localization and Windows Help
    • Chapter 26: Apple Guide and Windows Help, p. 383
    • Chapter 27: Localizing Apple Guide, p. 391
  • Index, p. 399

What this book does not contain

edit

It is a software book. It has no hardware, service or repair material; Apple's repair documentation is in Category:Apple Service Source. The hosted scan is 417 PDF pages including the covers; the CD-ROM is not included.

edit

Download: Real_World_Apple_Guide_1995.pdf (118 MB)

References

edit
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jesse Feiler, Real World Apple Guide (M&T Books, 1995), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 2-3).
  2. ↑ Open Library, Real world Apple Guide, record OL1270683M, from Library of Congress catalogue data (QA76.8.M3 F45 1995). Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Feiler, Real World Apple Guide, Table of Contents, pp. ix-xix (PDF pp. 10-20).
  4. ↑ Feiler, Real World Apple Guide, Acknowledgments (PDF pp. 6-7).
Retrieved from "https://wiki.retrotechcollection.com/index.php?title=Real_World_Apple_Guide_1995&oldid=16292"