Context sensitive help - making sure they use it

1. What is the use of context-sensitive help setting?
2. What is meant by context sensitive?
3. What are the advantages of using a context-sensitive help feature?
4. How do you create a context-sensitive help?

What is the use of context-sensitive help setting?

Context-sensitive help is information provided to users based on the context of the task in which they are involved. Implementing context-sensitive help involves associating help topics with objects in the application's graphical user interface (GUI) such as menu items, buttons, text boxes, and windows.

What is meant by context sensitive?

Adjective. context-sensitive (not comparable) (computing, philosophy) Sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation.

What are the advantages of using a context-sensitive help feature?

Why Use Context-Sensitive Help? Context-sensitive help saves time and encourages users to learn on their own by providing the right guidance at the right time, typically in the form of a help article or documentation page.

How do you create a context-sensitive help?

When you write context-sensitive help, you first create a file containing context-sensitive help topics to which you have assigned unique IDs. Then you create a header file that lists the symbolic IDs and numeric IDs for all the dialog boxes and controls in a program.