Funny that you should mention compiling the important articles together under one file... I was thinking of something like that as well to help people get the most out of the application.
What I was thinking was that, out of the 'box,' the program would have the most basic tools enabled, so that new users wouldn't be pummeled by several different PD methods. As a person went to enable the other built in tools, it would give a short description of the tool, and ask the user whether to read up on that topic... The user would then have three choices, probably something like "I already know how to use this tool," "I'll try to figure out how to use the tool on my own, but keep the articles quickly available just in case," or "I'm lost, please show me what I should do." If the user chose the last option, they would have several articles to introduce them into the method, then be able to use the specific tool with confidence.
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