Getting Help Within an Application

The HP Help System is built into each of the HP VUE applications (and possibly other applications installed on your system). When you ask for help while using an application, the application displays a help window.

The HP Help System provides two types of help dialogs that applications may use:

General help dialogs have a menu bar, a Topic Hierarchy (that tells you where you are), and a help topic display area.
Quick help dialogs have just a topic display area and one or more dialog buttons at the bottom.

Figure 4-3 HP VUE applications provide help dialogs.

Displaying Context-Sensitive Help

Press f1—the "help key."
Or, if you are using a dialog box, choose the dialog's Help button.

When you ask for context-sensitive help within an application, the application determines which help topic is most appropriate. Many applications have been designed to display help that is appropriate for your current situation or context.

Displaying Other Application Help

To obtain other application help, move the pointer to "Help" in the application menu bar at the top of the application window, and click mouse button 1. The application help menu appears.

Figure 4-4 Applications provide help menus.

Choose one of the following commands from the application's Help menu:

Introduction: Displays the home topic for the application. The home topic is the main topic at the top of the application's help topic hierarchy. Hyperlinks in the home topic lead to all other help topics.
Tasks: Displays task instructions for most operations performed within the application.
Reference: Displays reference summaries for various features, such as windows and dialogs, menus, and resources.
On Item: Lets you select an item in any of the application's windows, then describes the item you have selected.
Using Help: Provides help on using the help system.
Version: Displays the version and copyright information for the application.

Non-HP VUE applications may have different commands in their Help menus.

Getting Help Within an Application

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