Displaying Help Topics
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You can display Help topics to assist users of your Office applications in the following ways.
| Object or area | Kinds of Help you can provide |
|---|---|
| Documents | Help topics that are displayed by clicking a Help button or a command bar control |
| UserForms | Context-sensitive Help for controls
Help topics that are displayed by clicking a Help button or pressing F1 |
| Access forms and reports | Context-sensitive Help for controls
Help topics that are displayed by clicking a Help button or pressing F1 |
| Command bars | Context-sensitive Help for command bar controls
Help topics that are displayed by clicking a command bar control |
| Office Assistant | Help topics that are displayed by clicking a button in the Help balloon or (if you have the Answer Wizard SDK and create the necessary files) by querying the Office Assistant |
| VBA code | Help topics that are displayed by using the Help method of the Application object
Help topics that are displayed by clicking the Help button, when you are using the InputBox and MsgBox functions Help topics for custom error messages, when you are using the Raise method of the Err object Context-sensitive Help topics for custom properties and methods you define in class modules (displayed through the Object Browser or by pressing F1 in a code module) Help topics that are displayed by using HtmlHelp API calls |
| Script | Help topics that are displayed by using the commands and methods of the HTML Help ActiveX control |
See Also
Adding Help to Your Custom Application | The Kinds of Help You Can Use | The Kinds of Help You Can Use | Creating a Help File to Use with an Office Application | Specifying the Path to Your Application's Help File | Displaying Help in Forms and Documents | Displaying Help from Command Bars | Using the Office Assistant to Display Help | Displaying Help from VBA Code