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. (See (1) below.)
Quick help dialogs have just a topic display area and one or more dialog buttons at the bottom. (See (2) below.)

To display 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 for your current situation, or context.

To display other application help

Choose one of the following commands from the applcation'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 with the application.
Reference
Displays reference summaries for various features, such as windows and dialogs, menus, and resources.
On Item
Lets you pick an item in any of the application's windows, then presents a description of the item you've selected.
Using Help
Provides help on using the help windows.
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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To display context-sensitive help

To display other application help