ST4 and context-sensitive help: The perfect combination

Published: 2023-10-04 Updated: 2025-03-24
Subject: CCMS

“If you press F1, the Help page opens!” This is the standard expectation with any software today. It’s also expected that this command will not open a vile PDF file containing the entire manual for the software package. The Help function should always provide information about the precise control panel you’re using and your current task. Time-consuming searches in extensive documents, on the other hand, only confuse software users unnecessarily.

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