Re: Create menu for instruction on how to use database when opened for the first time
- From: "Larry Linson" <bouncer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:43:55 GMT
<bwhite@xxxxxxxx> wrote
. . . I am trying to determine an approach
so that a user will be prompted through a
form the first time they open the database
to read through instructions for how to
use the application. Then once they have
read through the instructions, they can
select a check box so that access will not
open that form at open.
First thing I'd suggest is that you carefully review your UI design to see
if you can't modify or simplify the way the application works to make it
more intuitive. I have, just recently, seen several applications that
perform the function intended, but don't make it easy for the user... that
is the user must know the procedure to be able to make the choices of what
to do, when. In at least a couple of those, it was evident to me that some
relatively minor changes (using a few forms, in order, rather than one
'busy' with all the choices, or even retaining the busy form, but
controlling which controls were enabled depending on the stage of the
process) would have eliminated the need for most of the user training the
application owners would have to do.
Rick's suggestion is a good one.
Unrelated to the specific question you asked, however, there is an article
on using HTML pages (not Microsoft's HTML Help) for displaying user help at
http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/. I haven't used this, but it does seem
to be an interesting approach, and I plan to give it a try in the near
future.
Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
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