Notebooks
The notebook element enables you
to easily organize and develop groups of panels for updating and creating
information in a database. Notebooks are similar to wizards because
there are many panels of information, organized in a table of contents.
Notebooks differ from wizards because the panels are not displayed
in a predefined sequence. The user can select and view
any panel from the table of contents at any time. Notebooks are used
for sets of information that are not necessarily sequential. The notebook
is also used to update information created in a wizard, because users
might want to skip directly to the panel containing the information
they want to change. This feature is not appropriate for situations
that require branching in the task flow because of its parallel, non-sequential
nature. For example, a notebook is not appropriate for a task that
requires changing subsequent forms based on earlier choices.
An image of a notebook follows: