<s>
Macintosh	B-Protocol
Guide	I-Protocol
,	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Apple	B-Protocol
Guide	I-Protocol
,	O
was	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
's	O
online	O
help	O
and	O
documentation	O
system	O
,	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
in	O
System	B-Operating_System
7.5	I-Operating_System
and	O
intended	O
to	O
work	O
alongside	O
Balloon	B-Protocol
Help	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
hypertext	O
,	O
indexing	O
and	O
searching	O
of	O
the	O
text	O
,	O
Macintosh	B-Protocol
Guide	I-Protocol
also	O
offered	O
a	O
system	O
for	O
teaching	O
users	O
how	O
to	O
accomplish	O
tasks	O
in	O
an	O
interactive	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
enhanced	O
the	O
help	O
system	O
with	O
HTML-based	O
help	O
in	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
8.5	O
which	O
worked	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Macintosh	B-Protocol
Guide	I-Protocol
providing	O
links	O
to	O
Macintosh	B-Protocol
Guide	I-Protocol
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macintosh	B-Protocol
Guide	I-Protocol
was	O
not	O
carried	O
over	O
into	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
uses	O
an	O
HTML-based	O
help	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macintosh	B-Protocol
Guide	I-Protocol
made	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
AppleEvent	B-Operating_System
Object	I-Operating_System
Model	I-Operating_System
(	O
AEOM	O
)	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
system	O
to	O
examine	O
the	O
state	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
as	O
it	O
ran	O
,	O
and	O
change	O
the	O
help	O
in	O
response	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
if	O
the	O
user	O
had	O
already	O
completed	O
several	O
steps	O
of	O
an	O
operation	O
and	O
needed	O
help	O
to	O
complete	O
it	O
,	O
Macintosh	B-Protocol
Guide	I-Protocol
could	O
"	O
see	O
"	O
where	O
they	O
were	O
,	O
and	O
skip	O
forward	O
to	O
the	O
proper	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
AEOM	O
allowed	O
Macintosh	B-Protocol
Guide	I-Protocol
to	O
drive	O
the	O
interface	O
,	O
completing	O
tasks	O
for	O
the	O
user	O
if	O
they	O
clicked	O
on	O
the	O
"	O
Do	O
it	O
for	O
me	O
"	O
buttons	O
(	O
or	O
hypertext	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
AEOM	O
,	O
Macintosh	B-Protocol
Guide	I-Protocol
could	O
find	O
UI	O
elements	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
and	O
circle	O
them	O
using	O
a	O
"	O
red	O
marker	O
"	O
effect	O
to	O
draw	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
eye	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macintosh	B-Protocol
Guide	I-Protocol
was	O
also	O
somewhat	O
integrated	O
with	O
Balloon	B-Protocol
Help	I-Protocol
,	O
optionally	O
adding	O
hypertext	O
to	O
balloons	O
that	O
would	O
open	O
the	O
right	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
documentation	O
based	O
on	O
what	O
object	O
the	O
user	O
was	O
currently	O
pointing	O
at	O
with	O
the	O
mouse	O
.	O
</s>
