Re: Online help issue

[Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> I need some help.  I write online help for a
> web-based application.  Users can define the names
> of labels and some other items that appear in the
> UI.  Is there a way to make my online help reflect
> the dynamically changing label names?  Is this
> feasible?  What are your thoughts.

Not easily. If your help is dynamic, then you *could*
treat the label as a variable and include it in the
help as a variable, but only if your help topics are
assembled on the fly, and only in theory.

If you're authoring static help, I'd try finding a way
of authoring around this, maybe by providing
field/object level context-sensitive help only, so
you're only describing how to use each feature. Then,
as you provide a means of customizing labels, provide
a means for users (administrators) to author topics
for these various interfaces.

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