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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 :: Entry Ideas & Requests
« on: November 21, 2010, 12:14 PM »
Request: User-Editable Help Menu
I have always wished there were some way to annotate or add to a program’s Help file, so that I could add my own notes to myself about how to use to program.
For instance, if I discover a quick and easy way to perform some function in my photo editor, I would like to add it right to the program’s Help menu instead of creating some text file somewhere named “Helpful Hints on using the Photo Editor” and trying to remember to open that file when using that program.
Virtually every program has a Help menu. Is it possible to create an application that would add a new menu item called 'Notes' to every program’s menu bar, either inside or next to the Help menu? This new Notes menu would be user editable to let the user add personally helpful information about using the program, for instance, how-to tips and tricks, file naming conventions, file saving location, etc.
If anything like this already exists I would love to know about it. If not, I hope someone thinks it a good enough idea to develop.
I have always wished there were some way to annotate or add to a program’s Help file, so that I could add my own notes to myself about how to use to program.
For instance, if I discover a quick and easy way to perform some function in my photo editor, I would like to add it right to the program’s Help menu instead of creating some text file somewhere named “Helpful Hints on using the Photo Editor” and trying to remember to open that file when using that program.
Virtually every program has a Help menu. Is it possible to create an application that would add a new menu item called 'Notes' to every program’s menu bar, either inside or next to the Help menu? This new Notes menu would be user editable to let the user add personally helpful information about using the program, for instance, how-to tips and tricks, file naming conventions, file saving location, etc.
If anything like this already exists I would love to know about it. If not, I hope someone thinks it a good enough idea to develop.