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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: 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:
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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