OBIEE Front End Help Button

Good afternoon all.
Hope you all are well.
Here is my question.
Our company is busy making OBIEE 11G more visual and flexible for our users.
Is there any way in the Front End that we can Insert a Help button or a question mark icon and when you click on it, it provides you with details on that report or prompt you are using.
Any suggestions? Or do you have to make use of html as for i have no skills in html.
Regards
Rayno

Hi there
Oky just got the call that i will have to start with this.
Can i not just take the HTML and paste it into Text box on the Edit Dashboard and tick the "Contains HTML Markup" Box?
Put it in a column and section and then display it as part of the dashboard page?
Or do i have to design a new HTML page?
If so can you please provide the steps on how to design a new HTML file, and where to put it on the server etc?
Regards
Rayno

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