You can do some of this using the Bookmark and Annotate features of the usual help.

Vlad

>I'm glad to here it's not just me. <g>
>
>I'm new to VFP and I find the on-line help often confusing and the printed
>manuals useless. What I've done is to use a program called askSam. It's a
>text database with the ability to create hypertext links. When I come
>across something new, I look it up in the on-line help, then copy and paste
>it into my askSam file. I can add my own notes or info I've gleaned from
>here or the Compuserve forum. Then I can create links to related items. It
>also allows you to do searches, including fuzzy searches.
>
>The downside, of course there's a downside, is that it's not cheap. The
>current version is 3.0f and sells for $150. (You can sometimes find it a
>bit cheaper.) It's currently 16-bit only with the 32-bit version under
>development.
>
>An interesting aside, an earlier DOS version of askSam was instrumental in
>breaking the Iran-Contra scandel.
>
>
>Gary J. Sibio