2.2 Online Help System

Each Sun Cluster administration tool includes detailed online help. To access the online help, launch one of the administration tools from the administrative workstation and select Help from the menu bar.

Alternatively, double-click on the Help icon in the Cluster Control Panel.

Help topics cover the administration tools in detail, as well as some administration tasks. Also see Chapter 4, General Sun Cluster Administration, for additional detailed instructions on performing specific tasks.

Figure 2-1 shows a sample Help window for the Cluster Control Panel. The text covers a specific topic. When you first launch the Help window from a tool, it displays the top-level home topic. Afterwards, the Help window displays the last topic you viewed. Hypertext links to other topics are displayed as underlined, colored text.

Clicking once on a hypertext link displays the text for that topic. The online help system also includes an automatic history list feature that remembers the information you previously accessed. Display this list by choosing Topic History from the View menu.

The Help window has a scrollable text area, a menu bar, and several buttons. Each of these items is described in the following sections.

Figure 2-1 Sample Help Window Home Page for the Cluster Control Panel

With Help, you can access each pull-down menu by:

• Clicking on the menu name

• Pressing the mnemonic, or underlined character in a menu or entry name (only when the pull-down menu is visible)

• Using an accelerator, or the sequence of keys to the right of menu items

You can customize the mnemonics and accelerators; refer to the online help for more information.

The tables in this section list each menu item, define the menu functions, and list the accelerators (keyboard combinations).

2.2.1 Help Window Menu Bar Items

The Help window menu contains the File, View, and Help menu items. You display the menus for these items by selecting them.

2.2.1.1 File Menu

The File menu contains these items:

Table 2-1 File Menu Items

Item	Function	Accelerator
Print Topic	Prints the topic currently displayed in the Help window scrolled text area.	Alt + R
Dismiss	Dismisses the Help window.	Alt + D

2.2.1.2 View Menu

The View menu contains these items:

Table 2-2 View Menu Items

Item	Function	Accelerator
Previous Topic	Displays the previous help topic (if any).	Alt + P
Next Topic	Displays the next help topic (if any).	Alt + N
Home Topic	Displays the home (top level) topic.	Alt + O
Topic History...	Displays the Help Topic History dialog box which allows you to navigate easily through the help topics you have already viewed. The uppermost topic in the scrolled list is the first topic you displayed. The bottommost topic is the last topic you have viewed in the current path. The highlighted topic is the current topic.	Alt + I

To display the dialog box, select View Topic History... (Figure 2-2).

Figure 2-2 Help Topic History of the Help Window

2.2.1.3 Help Menu

The Help menu contains these items:

Table 2-3 Help Menu Items

Item	Function	Accelerator
Help on Help...	Describes the Help window and explains how to use it.	Alt + E
About...	Displays the About Box, which contains information on the application, such as the version number.	Alt + B

2.2.2 Help Window Buttons

The following table lists the Help window buttons and describes their functions.

Table 2-4 Help Window Buttons

Button	Function
Home	Displays the home page for the application.
Dismiss	Dismisses the Help window.
Print Topic	Prints the current topic on your default printer.
Previous	Steps back through the displayed Help topics to the previous topic. Clicking on the left arrow repeatedly steps the display back through the Help windows until the first topic you viewed is redisplayed. Topics are "remembered" by the automatic Help history list.
Next	Steps forward through the displayed Help topics, one at a time, to the last topic in the list.