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| <h2>Navigating help topics</h2> |
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| You can browse help topics using the <a href="#help_window">Help window</a> or |
| <a href="#help_view">Help view</a>. Which one you use is simply a matter of |
| preference; the view is well integrated with the workbench and is good for |
| quick help lookups. The Help window, on the other hand, has more real estate and |
| may be preferable for longer reading. |
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| <h3> |
| <a name="help_window">Using the Help window</a> |
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| <p> |
| The Help window is a window separate from the workbench used exclusively for |
| browsing, searching, and printing help. To open the window, select <b>Help > |
| Help Contents</b> from the menu. This opens the help window with the Contents |
| view visible, which shows the table of contents. |
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| <img src="../images/help_window.png" alt="Help window"> |
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| To navigate the Help window: |
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| <ol> |
| <li>Find the topic you want to read in the table of contents by clicking |
| to expand the subtopics.</li> |
| <li>Most topics provide a list of links to related topics at the bottom. |
| Follow these links to learn more.</li> |
| <li>Use the <img src="../images/backward_nav.svg" alt="Go back" border="0"> |
| <b>Go Back</b> and <img src="../images/forward_nav.svg" |
| alt="Go forward" border="0"> <b>Go Forward</b> buttons to navigate back and |
| forth. These behave the same way as in Web browsers.</li> |
| <li>Use the <img src="../images/home_nav.svg" alt="Home" border="0"> |
| <b>Home</b> button to return to the help home page as shown above.</li> |
| </ol> |
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| <h4>Maximizing help frames</h4> |
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| <p> |
| The two main frames of the Help window can be maximized to take up the |
| entire window. To maximize a frame, click the <img |
| src="../images/maximize.svg" alt="Maximize button" border="0"> <b>Maximize</b> |
| button in the toolbar, or double click on the view's title header. To return the |
| view to its original size, click the <img src="../images/restore.svg" |
| alt="Restore button" border="0"> <b>Restore</b> button or double click the title |
| header again. |
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| <h4>Printing help</h4> |
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| <p> |
| To print a topic from the Help window: |
| </p> |
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| <ol> |
| <li>Select the topic in the navigation frame.</li> |
| <li>Click the <img src="../images/nav_print.svg" alt="Print button" |
| border="0"> <b>Print</b> button in the Help toolbar.</li> |
| <li>Select the desired printer settings, and click <b>Print</b>.</li> |
| </ol> |
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| <h3> |
| <a name="help_view">Using the Help view</a> |
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| <p> |
| The |
| <a href="../concepts/help_view.htm">Help view</a> provides the same features as the Help window, but in the same window as the workbench instead of a separate one. |
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| <h4>Show in table of contents</h4> |
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| <p> |
| While reading a topic, you can find out where the topic is located in the table |
| of contents by clicking the <img src="../images/synch_toc_nav.svg" |
| alt="Show in Table of Contents button" border="0"> <strong>Show in table of |
| contents</strong> button in the toolbar. This will display the table of |
| contents with the topic highlighted. |
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| <h3 class="related">Related concepts</h3> |
| <a href="../concepts/help.htm">Help</a><br> |
| <a href="../concepts/help_view.htm">Help view</a> |
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| <h3 class="related">Related tasks</h3> |
| <a href="help_search.htm">Searching help</a><br> |
| <a href="help_context.htm">Accessing context-sensitive help</a><br> |
| <a href="help_settings.htm">Help display settings</a> |
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| <h3 class="related">Related reference</h3> |
| <a href="../reference/help_preferences.htm">Help preferences</a> |
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