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description: Object-level help overrides the Help for this Page links for a custom object or external object with your own help content contained in a Visualforce page. To make object-level help available to all your users, create a Visualforce page that contains your help content. Then edit the custom or external object definition to reference the page. Object-level help becomes available to all your users instantly.
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# Define Object-Level Help in Salesforce Classic

Object-level help overrides the **Help for this Page** links for a custom object or external object with your own help content contained in a Visualforce page. To make object-level help available to all your users, create a Visualforce page that contains your help content. Then edit the custom or external object definition to reference the page. Object-level help becomes available to all your users instantly.

### Required Editions

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            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic </td>

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              <p>Custom objects are available in: <strong>Contact Manager</strong>, <strong>Group</strong>,
                <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and
                <strong>Developer</strong> Editions
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              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Salesforce Connect external objects are available in Developer
                Edition and, for an extra cost, in Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d85016e87 ">To define or change object-level help:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d85016e87 ">Customize Application</td>

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1. Create a Visualforce page that contains your help content.
2. Edit the [custom object definition](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.dev_objectcreate_task_parent.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Track and store data that’s unique to your organization. Follow different steps, depending on which Salesforce experience you’re using.") or [external object definition](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.external_object_define.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Tables in external systems map to external objects in Salesforce, combining all your data and content for users in your org.") that uses the custom help when users click the **Help for this Page** link.
3. For Context-Sensitive Help Setting, select **Open a window using a Visualforce page**.
4. Select the Visualforce page that contains your help content.
5. Save you work.

#### See Also

- [Object-Level Help in Salesforce Classic](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.customhelp_getting_started_olh.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Help your users by providing object-level help for all custom objects and external objects. This way, when your users click the Help for this Page link on your custom object, they’ll find useful information that’s relevant to your custom object. When you add custom help to a custom or external object, the Help for this Page link on those object pages displays your custom help instead of generic help. Your users can access the custom help content from the object home (overview), detail, and edit pages, list views, and related lists.")
- [Custom Help Content](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.customhelp_about.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Tailor help so that users understand how to work within your unique implementation of Salesforce. You can add learning in the flow of work in several ways. Add custom help for a page, app, object, or org level, or provide links to help in the Utility Bar, Path, or as a text box on the page. Show users custom resources in a Lightning Experience welcome mat when they first log in. Or, to reach users with important news, training, and on-boarding information, add micro-learning prompts and walkthroughs to your app.")