Configure Help Text

Customize the help text that appears in EMS applications, including EMS Web App, EMS Kiosk, EMS for Outlook, EMS Campus Planning Interface, and the EMS Floor Plans Utility.

You can configure help text in EMS Desktop Client. Administrators with the appropriate security permissions can also customize help text directly in EMS Web App.

Configure Help Text in EMS Desktop Client

  1. On the EMS menu bar, select Configuration > Everyday User Applications > Help Text.

    The Help Text window lists the available help text and where it appears.

    To filter the list, select an option in Type. To include help text that is no longer in use, select Obsolete. EMS displays obsolete help text in red italics.

  2. Select the help text that you want to configure, and then select Edit.

    The Help Text dialog opens to the Help Text tab.

  3. Configure the help text with one of these options:

    • Design: Use the available text options to format the help text. This option is selected by default.

    • HTML: Enter HTML code to control the format and appearance of the help text.

  4. If translations are available, select the Translations tab.

  5. For each translation, enter the translated help text in the Text field.

  6. Select OK.

Configure Help Text in EMS Web App

Administrators with the appropriate security permissions can edit help text directly from EMS Web App. First, enable help text edit mode.

Enable Help Text Edit Mode

  1. Sign in to EMS Web App.

  2. Next to your name, select Admin Functions.

    The Administrator Functions page opens.

  3. Select Enable Help Text Edit.

    A confirmation message appears.

Customize Help Text

  1. Go to the EMS Web App page where you want to customize the help text.

    The edit icon appears in the upper-right corner of the page.

  2. Select the edit icon, and then select Edit.

  3. Enter the custom help text.

    Optional: Select a language to provide the help text in another language.

  4. Select Save Changes.