Abstract
The demand for help and hypertext systems has created a problem for many documentation departments, particularly those in smaller companies inexperienced in creating these forms of online documentation. The scarcity of existing literature compounds this problem. Literature that specifically addresses how to create such systems with limited resources and considerable time constraints would ease the burden faced by these companies. This article gives writers in small companies with limited resources some suggestions for undertaking a hypertext project. The writer views help text as a simple form of hypertext, and, as such, frequently refers to both simply as “hypertext.” This article is not concerned with describing in detail the various design features of hypertext.