Guide builder for documentation management in computer applications

A computer-implemented method for providing documentation having a specific relationship to user-selectable features in a system, the method comprising the steps of:

• establishing an association between portions of said documentation and particular user-selectable features;
• assigning a plurality of if-statements to said associated portion of said documentation, wherein each one of said plurality of if-statements includes a correspondence to one or more of said user-selectable features;
• identifying a set of features amono said user-selectable features in said system;
• comparing said identified selected features with said plurality of if-statements;
• selecting portions of said documentation corresponding to if-statements matching said identified selected features, an aggregate of said selected portions constituting said provided documentation;
• choosing a language of output by said user;
• creating a text table containing previously translated texts of said documentation in a plurality of pre-determined languages;
• embedding tags in said text table that correlate said translated texts with texts in said documentation;
• comparing said customized text for said documentation with said embedded tags;
• and
• selecting portions of said customized text for said documentation corresponding to tags matching said identified selected features, an aggregate of said selected portions constituting said provided documentation.