Using the Help View

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Go Up to Help View

When you click a topic in the Dynamic Help list, that topic opens in the view. The Help View Toolbar that appears at the top of the view helps you navigate the available information. You also have additional command icons that appear at the bottom of the view.

Help View Toolbar

When you open the Help View, the following commands appear in the toolbar:

Toolbar Icon Element Description

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Show in External Window

Opens the currently displayed Help topic in an external window. When you open this window, two additional icons appear in the toolbar: Show in Table of Contents: Click ICON HELP SHOW IN TOC.PNG and the name of the topic displayed in the window is highlighted in the table of contents.   Print: Click ICON PRINTER.PNG and the Print dialog opens allowing you to print the currently displayed topic.

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Show in All Topics

Displays the table of contents with the current Help topic highlighted.

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Bookmark Document

Click this icon to bookmark the current Help topic. The bookmarked topics are displayed when you click the Bookmarks icon in the Go To section.

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Back

Click this icon to return to the view that was displayed immediately prior to the current display.

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Forward

This command displays the view that was displayed immediately after the current display. This command is similar to the Forward button in an HTML browser.

Help View Go To Icons

In addition to the Help View toolbar, additional icons are displayed at the bottom of the Help View. The table below displays and explains each icon.

Toolbar Icon Element Description

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All Topics/Related Topics

This is a toggle command. When you select All Topics, a table of contents opens displaying all topics. The command now available is Related Topics. This switches the view back to the Dynamic Help view.

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Search

Opens the Search dialog where you can enter a search expression to search the online Help topics. When the Results of the search are displayed, each displays icons allowing you to open a link in the Help window (ICON OPEN LINK.PNG) and/or bookmark (ICON HELP BOOKMARK DOCUMENT.PNG) the Result.   Two additional icons appear in the Search dialog: Show Result Categories: This is a toggle icon ICON SHOW RESULTS CATEGORIES.PNG that hides or displays the main help category headings. Show Result Descriptions: This is a toggle icon ICON SHOW RESULT DESCRIPTIONS.PNG that hides or displays the description containing the search expression.

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Related Topics

Displays all the topics related to the currently displayed topic in the Help view.

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Bookmarks

Displays a list of all the Help topics that you have bookmarked. You can click on any listed item to display that topic.