Using Online Help

The Help menu and Help window are used to access the extensive online help.

The Help window consists of two panes — the navigation pane on the left and the topic pane on the right.

Contents — used for browsing topics.
Index — index of help content.
Search — displays the search results.
Favorites — displays favorite topics.

Context-sensitive help is also available. Hypertext links, which appear in color and are underlined when you hover the pointer over them, let you move easily between related topics.

Note: In case you are not able to view the Web help properly in Internet Explorer, make sure you turn off the Enable Protected Mode check box in the Security tab of the Internet Options dialog.

Note: The text size in the topic pane on the right is controlled by your web browser. To learn how to change the web page’s text size, consult the web browser's Help file.

To Open the Help Window

To Get Help on a Dialog, or Turn on Context-Sensitive Help

To Browse Topics Using the Contents Tab

To Display the Next or Previous Topic According to the Topic Order Shown in the Contents Tab

To Use the Index of Help Content

To Search for Text in the Help Content

To Add a Help Topic to a List of "Favorite" Help Topics

To Display a Topic from Your Favorites List

To Open the Tool Index or the Key-in Index

Parent topic: Fundamentals