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| <h1>Accessing context-sensitive help</h1> |
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| <p>To access the context-sensitive help for a given widget: |
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| <li>Select the widget by putting focus on it (see the table below).</li> |
| <li>Press F1.</li> |
| </ol> |
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| <p>This displays an <i>infopop</i> with the description of the selected widget, |
| and usually, a list of links to related information. You can dismiss the |
| infopop by clicking outside it, or by pressing <b>Esc</b>. |
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| <p> If you want more information than what is shown in the infopop, click a link |
| to the related information. This opens the Help browser to the selected topic and |
| closes the infopop. The list of related links stays in the left hand frame, |
| so you do not have to press F1 again if you are interested in other topics related |
| to the same widget. |
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| <p>To access context sensitive help for a widget, you must put focus on it and |
| then press F1. The following table shows how to put focus on some of the different |
| kinds of widgets. |
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| <table border="1" width="500" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" summary="Widget selection table"> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Widget type</th> |
| <th>How to select it</th> |
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| <tr> |
| <td>Menu item (for example <strong>Save</strong> in the <strong>File</strong> menu)</td> |
| <td>Let your mouse pointer rest over it so that it is highlighted, but don't click on it.</td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td>Field</td> |
| <td>Put the cursor in the field.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>Button (for example <b>Cancel</b> button on a Dialog)</td> |
| <td>Tab until the button is in focus.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>List</td> |
| <td>Click an item in the list.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>View or pane</td> |
| <td>Click the title bar of the View or pane.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>Check box</td> |
| <td>Click the check box (which changes its state) or use the Tab key |
| to bring it into focus.</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
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| <p><em>Note:</em> Context-sensitive help via F1 is unavailable from toolbar |
| buttons. Instead, let your mouse pointer hover over a toolbar button to view tooltip help |
| for buttons. |
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| <a href="taccess.htm">Accessing and navigating online help</a> |
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