Getting Help

You can request help by:

• Pressing F1 or the Help key

• Choosing an item from an application's Help menu

• Clicking the Help button in a dialog box

• Opening the Help Manager to browse all the available help

  For more information on using help, refer to Chapter 3, Getting Help .

  The quickest and easiest way to get help is to press the F1 key. When you press F1, the application you are using displays the help topic most closely related to your current activity.

  Some keyboards have a dedicated Help key that may take the place of the F1 key.

Help Menu

Most applications have a Help menu for requesting specific kinds of help.

Overview - Displays introductory information about the application

Tasks - Displays instructions for using the application

Table of Contents - Displays a standard Table of Contents for the help volume

Reference - Displays summary information about application components

On Item - Changes the pointer to a question mark--click the question mark pointer on an item to display its description

Using Help - Displays information about using Help

About - Displays version and copyright information about the application (in this case, Text Editor)

To learn more about using help windows, choose Using Help from an application's Help menu. Or, you can press F1 while using a Help window.

To Display the Help Manager

The Help Manager lists all the online help volumes installed on your system.

1. Click the Help Manager control in the Front Panel.

   The Help Viewer opens, displaying the Help Manager.

2. Choose the Common Desktop Environment topic to display the list of help volumes for the desktop.

3. Browse the list of titles. To open a volume, click its title.