Oracle's PeopleSoft Applications User's Guide Preface

This preface provides a general overview of the contents of PeopleSoft Applications User's Guide.

Using PeopleSoft Applications

This PeopleBook introduces you to the various elements of the PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture and explains how to perform basic functions as you navigate through the system using the navigation hierarchy, components, and pages. While your application or implementation may differ in some cases, the topics in this book provide general knowledge of the use of browser-based PeopleSoft applications.

PeopleBooks and the PeopleSoft Online Library

A companion PeopleBook called PeopleBooks and the PeopleSoft Online Library contains general information, including:

• Understanding the PeopleSoft online library and related documentation.

• How to send PeopleSoft documentation comments and suggestions to Oracle.

• How to access hosted PeopleBooks, downloadable HTML PeopleBooks, and downloadable PDF PeopleBooks as well as documentation updates.

• Understanding PeopleBook structure.

• Typographical conventions and visual cues used in PeopleBooks.

• ISO country codes and currency codes.

• PeopleBooks that are common across multiple applications.

• Common elements used in PeopleBooks.

• Navigating the PeopleBooks interface and searching the PeopleSoft online library.

• Displaying and printing screen shots and graphics in PeopleBooks.

• How to manage the locally installed PeopleSoft online library, including web site folders.

• Understanding documentation integration and how to integrate customized documentation into the library.

• Application abbreviations found in application fields.

You can find PeopleBooks and the PeopleSoft Online Library in the online PeopleBooks Library for your PeopleTools release.