CHAPTER 19
Providing Help for Your Applications

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IN THIS CHAPTER

• Providing user help for your applications
• Using only the components supplied with Excel to provide help
• Displaying help files created with the HTML Help system
• Associating a help file with your application
• Displaying HTML Help in other ways

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Help for Your Excel Applications

If you develop a nontrivial application in Excel, you may want to consider building in some sort of help for end users. Doing so makes the users feel more comfortable with the application and could eliminate some support e-mails from users with basic questions. Another advantage is that help is always available. That is, the instructions for using your application can't be misplaced or buried under a pile of books.

You can provide help for your Excel applications in a number of ways, ranging from simple to complex. The method you choose depends on your application's scope and complexity and how much effort you're willing to put...