Using the Online Help System (CHM file)

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Navigation toolbar

The online Help includes the following tabs: Contents, Index, and Search on the toolbar.

 

Contents tab

The Contents option displays the Table of Contents - books and pages that represent the categories of information in the online Help system. When you click a closed book, it opens to display its content (sub-books and pages). When you click an open book, it closes. When you click pages, you select topics to view in the right-hand pane.

 

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Index tab

The Index option displays a multi-level list of keywords and keyword phrases. These terms are associated with topics in the Help system and they are intended to direct you to specific topics according to your way of working.

 

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To open a topic in the right-hand pane associated with a keyword, double-click the keyword. If the keyword is used with more than one topic, a dialog box opens so you can select a specific topic to view, then click Display.  

 

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Search tab

When you type a question in this Help system's Search option, related topics are displayed that you can link to (this feature is called natural language search). You can type a question or simply type key words.

 

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Adjust the window and pane size

You can adjust the width and height of the Help window by dragging the edges of the window in or out.

You can adjust the width of the left pane by dragging the edges of the left pane until the mouse pointer turns into a line with arrows on each end:  help_arrows.jpg .

With the left mouse button, drag the pane to the right or left.

 

Navigate topics using hyperlinks

Inside each topic you will find different ways of navigating, as well as viewing text.

 

Text that is blue and underlined is a hyperlink that jumps to another topic or Web page, a pop-up link that displays a window over the main window, or a text-only pop-up, which displays a brief text description. Some links "drop-down" additional text or "expand" text to the right.

 

Note : Once a hyperlink has been clicked it will appear as "purple" text.

 

Hyperlinks that jump to new topics

Text that is blue and underlined will open a topic in a new window.

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IMPORTANT:

Click the <BACK> button on the Toolbar to return to the previous topic.

 

 

Hyperlinks that display drop-down help topics

Text that is green and italicised will display a drop-down window over the main window, which displays a brief text description.

To remove this drop-down window, simply click the 'green and italicised' text again.

 

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Hyperlinks that display pop-up help topics

Clicking this type of hyperlink will display a pop-up help window. To remove this window from the screen, simply click anywhere else on the screen and the pop-up window will close.

 

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Hyperlinks that jump to topics in the same help window

In certain instances, clicking on a hyperlink will jump to a heading in the same Help Window.

 

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View a Glossary Term within a Topic

Glossary Terms that are embedded within a topic are displayed as Purple, Bold, Italicised text. To expand the Glossary Term, in order to read the description, simply click it. The Glossary Term will have a light purple background. To collapse the Glossary Term, click it again.

 

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Hide the Table of Contents (Left Pane)

To provide a larger viewing area of the open topic, you can hide the left pane. Click the CLOSE (X) button on the Toolbar.

 

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Show the Table of Contents (Left Pane)

To display the Table of Contents - if you previously "hid" it - click the SHOW button on the Toolbar.

 

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Returning to a previous topic

Click the BACK button to view the previous topic that you viewed. This is not the previous topic as displayed in the Table of Contents but rather the actual topic that you had previously viewed.

 

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Viewing the next topic

Click the FORWARD button to view the next topic. This button only works if you previously clicked the BACK button.

 

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Printing topics

Click the PRINT button to print the current topic or all topics in a particular section/folder. With the "Print Topics screen" displayed, select one of the relevant options and then click the OK button.

 

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View or Hide a Topic's Table of Contents

Click the HIDE hyperlink to collapse the current topic's Table of Contents.

 

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Click the SHOW hyperlink to expand the current topic's Table of Contents.

 

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