Menu - Do you know the 8 items every "Help" menu needs?
SSW Rules to Better Interfaces (Windows Applications)|18cfdc56-c52b-43db-8fcc-b677e5ce4aee
v1.0
Posted at
27/11/2012 1:50 PM by
Rebecca Liu
Rule Intro
A good help menu should have these 8 items in it:
- Training Videos
- Online User Guide
- Knowledge Base
- Make a Suggestion
- Report a Bug
- Check for Updates - [Product Name]
- Check for Updates - All Programs
- Run Unit Tests...
- About [Product Name]...
Page Content
- Figure: Bad Example - Example of a Help menu with only "About"
- Figure: Good Example - Example of a Help menu with all 8 items
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