Custom Help System in Access ~ DataPig

This video demonstrates a method to create a Custom Help system using MS Word and HTML pages. Help pages are created in MS Word and saved as HTML in the same folder as the database application. A main help page is created and includes links to each of the related help pages. An Access form is created that uses a web browser control to navigate to the main Help page. A form in the application has a button control to invoke Help when clicked. This button click opens the Access form that has the web browser control and navigates to the address of the main help page.

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This video has been resurrected from an older Access tutorial series by DataPigTechnologies. Even though Access looks different now, the concepts and functionality persist. Thanks to owner, Mike Alexander, for making these videos available for presentation once again. Thanks also to Jack Drawbridge and John Clark for helping get these valuable lessons back online.