Oracle's PeopleSoft Applications User's Guide Preface

This chapter discusses the content of the Oracle's PeopleSoft Applications User's Guide and PeopleBooks and the PeopleSoft Online Library.

PeopleSoft Applications User's Guide

This PeopleBook provides an overview of PeopleSoft applications and explains how to:

• Set user preferences.

• Retrieve data using keys, search pages, and PeopleSoft Search Technology.

• Use PeopleSoft application pages.

• Work with grids and scroll areas.

• Work with processes and reports.

• Use Workflow.

• Use PeopleSoft Navigator.

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.