Online help system

The online help system provides access to the documentation, and lets you browse, search, and print it. The documentation is organized into sets of information that are roughly analogous to books. These, along with a full-text search engine and context-sensitive interface help, are designed to help you find the information you need.

The help browser

When you first open the help browser by selecting Help > Help Contents in the Workbench, the first view shown is called the Bookshelf. On the Bookshelf are links to the various groupings of documentation for the product. Click on one of the links to go to the navigation tree for that set of documentation. At any time, you can return to the bookshelf by clicking the Table of Contents button Table of contents button.

Search

If you want to find a particular piece of information in the online help, use Search. The help system will search the entire information set, or only a part of it, to find topics that meet the criteria you specify.

Context-sensitive help

If you are working through a task and encounter part of the interface that you do not understand, use infopops. Bring focus to the interface widget in question by clicking on it or using the Tab key, and then press F1. The infopop will provide you with information about the interface and, if appropriate, links to more information.

Related tasks
Accessing and navigating online help
Searching online help
Accessing context-sensitive help

 
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