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874 Appendix A: Using the Online Reference
Finding Inf orma tion Fa st
UsetheNavigationpaneintheHelpWindowto
get to information quickly. It contains tabs that let
you use Contents, Index, or Search techniques to
get to topics you need.
Conte nts Tab
The Contents tab displa ys the main sections of
this online system as book icons. When you
click a book, it expands to show the list of topics
contained within it, like chapters in hardcopy
books.
To go to a topic f rom the Contents tab:
1.
Click the Contents tab to display the Table of
Contents view.
2. Click the book icon representing the area for
which you want information.
The page icons for the book expand below
representing all the topics for the book’s feature
area.
3. Click the page icon for the topic you want.
Index Tab
The Index is an alphabetical listing of keywords
foundineachtopic. Asinglekeywordmaybe
linked to more than one topic. You may type the
first few letters of a subject to jump to an index
entry that matches what you are looking for .
To go to a topic fr om the I ndex tab:
1.
Click the Index tab to display the Help Index.
2. In the form at the top of the Index, type the
subject you want to find, or scroll through the
alphab etical list to find the term for which you
need information.
3. Click the term, then click Display to s ee the
topic for that term, or double-click the term to
see its topic.
The topic displays in the right pane and may
show links to related topics.
Search Tab
The Search tab summons a full-text search engine
that operates on a database of every word in the
help system, created w hen the HTML Help system
was compiled. You can use tools on the Search tab
to find the help topics (page 3–876) containing any
word or phrase.
Favorites Tab
Use tools on the Favorites tab to create and store
a set of topics you use often; you can name them
as you choose.
Usi ng the H T ML Hel p Vi ewer
This online information system is a compiled
HTML help (CHM) file; you view it using
Microsoft’s HTML Help Viewer , powered by
Internet Explorer. The HTML Help Viewer is a
three-pane window:
•TheNavigation pane (page 3–874) is on the left
side of the window. It contains five navigational
tabs, for Contents (page 3–874), Index (page
3–874), Search (page 3–876),andFavorites
(page 3–878).
• The Topic pane is on the right side of the
window. It displays the selected help topic, or
the default help topic. It’s the window you’re
reading from right now.
•Thetoolbar (page 3–878) is the third pane,
located below the help window title bar.
Herearesometipsonhowtofindmore
information when using the HTML Help
Viewer:
• Tolinktoanothertopicoralistofothertopics,
click the colored, underlined words in the Topic
pane.