
Guide Menu
How do I . . .
Why . . .
How do I add guide files to the
bottom of the Guide menu
(below other help items)?
Apple Guide automatically inserts guide files of type ABOUT above the Show
Balloons menu item and automatically inserts guide files of type TUTORIAL,
HELP, SHORTCUTS, and OTHER below the Show Balloons menu item. Any additional
menu items that have been added by the application get pushed down the menu.
Guide files are placed in the menu in this order:
- Type ABOUT
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- Show Balloons
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- Type TUTORIAL
- Type HELP
- Type SHORTCUTS
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- Type OTHER, lowest filename
- Type OTHER, second lowest filename
- Type OTHER, third lowest filename
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- Any other menu items get pushed down here
To change the order of the automatically loaded guide files, you can play
with the guide file types and file names.
For greater control, you must place the guide files in a separate folder,
then use the help menu toolbox calls to add the guide files to the menu
manually.
Why doesn't my guide file appear
in the menu?
Only one guide file of each type (ABOUT, TUTORIAL, HELP, or SHORTCUTS) will
appear in the menu in the spot reserved for that type. If more than one
guide file of these types is located in the same folder as an application,
only the last one loaded alphabetically will appear.
All of the guide files of type OTHER located in the same folder as an application
will be appear in the menu in alphabetical order (of filename).
If your guide file does not appear in the menu, make sure that:
- The guide file is located in the same folder as the application.
- Only one guide file of type ABOUT, TUTORIAL, HELP, or SHORTCUTS is present.
If your guide still doesn't appear in the menu, try quitting then relaunching
the application. The Guide menu is built when an application is launched,
so if you add a guide to a folder after the application is running, it won't
appear in the menu until you relaunch the application.
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