Page level help text question

APEX - 4
DB version - 10g
Web server architecture - OHS
Browser - IE8
Theme - 5
I know how to set and display help text for a page item, and I see there is the option to add help text at the page level, but how does the user accessing the screen see the page level help text?
I was thinking it might be a good way to add user help guide information at the page level.
Thank you for any assistance.

I know how to set and display help text for a page item, and I see there is the option to add help text at the page level, but how does the user accessing the screen see the page level help text?Using a Help page and region accessed via a help link (e.g. a navigation bar entry), or using the <tt>apex_application.help</tt> API method in a PL/SQL Dynamic Content region.
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