Computer Network Router User Manual

CHAPTER 8
Newton Services
8-28 Help
Besides providing a means of correcting missing or ambiguous information,
a task slip also gives a user one last chance to confirm or cancel execution of
the task before the Assistant actually takes action. It’s especially important to
provide this opportunity to confirm, modify, or cancel the task if executing it
will change the user’s current context (open other applications), modify the
user’s data, or inconvenience the user in some way.
Help 8
The Newton system includes online help for built-in applications and system
services. Users can see the online system help by tapping the How Do I?
button in the Assist slip. When a user taps that button, the system displays
an outline-like overview of help topics. Tapping a topic expands the outline
to display that topic’s subtopics or, if that topic has no subtopics, to display
instructions for that topic. Although you cannot add to the built-in help,
you can provide the same kind of help within your Newton application.
Figure 8-25 shows the built-in help overview.
Figure 8-25 Online help has a topical outline and concise instructions