@begin(header)
author: Eric Mandel
show_author: ShowNone
author_organization: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
node_expert: eric@cfa.harvard.edu
expiration_date: 12/31/93
last_modifier: Eric Mandel
last_mod_date: 11/1/92
mod_num: 1
@end(header)
@b<This window will tell you about the functions available when you press the Ask Questions button.>

The @b<Ask Questions> side of ASSIST provides you with tutorials,
recipes, and other information about ASSIST and analysis tools.  The
ASSIST system supports ``live'' tutorials, recipes, and user notes.
Formal tutorials and recipes have been added to the system for
different analysis packages.  These are displayed as text windows,
allowing one to page back and forth through the explanations.  The
tutorials also contain command buttons that can be used to execute the
tasks being described, providing "live" interaction along with the
textual explanations.

You can also maintain your own informal "recipes" file, consisting
of personal notes and recipes.  Like the more formal tutorials, a
simple ASCII file is used to specify both text and command buttons.
The notes will be displayed in the same manner as the formal
tutorials, with command buttons that allow direct access to tasks and
programs.

To learn more about user recipes:
@button<User-Specified Recipes, User_Recipes>