There are two ways to select a help
topic. You can choose a topic from the topic tree. Or, within a
help topic, you can select a hyperlink. A hyperlink
is an active word or phrase that "jumps" to another
related help topic. Any underlined text in a help window is a hyperlink.
Graphic images can also be used as hyperlinks. For more information
about hyperlinks, see “Using
Hyperlinks”.
Using the Topic Tree |
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The topic tree is an outline of a help volume's major topics.
Subtopics are indented under main topics. The current topic, whose
contents are displayed in the topic display area, is marked with
an [ogon] (arrow). You can scroll the topic display area to
see all your choices or resize the entire help window.
You can also change the size of the topic pane. To do so,
drag the sash control shown in Figure 3-5 “Resizing the topic
tree” Then release the mouse button to
set the new size.
Move the pointer into the topic tree.
Click mouse button 1 on the topic you want to display.
Using
Hyperlinks |
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Any underlined text in a help window is a hyperlink. It is
easy to "jump" to related help topics using hyperlinks—just
click the underlined text.
What Hyperlinks Look Like
A solid underline identifies a standard hyperlink that displays
the new topic in the current help window. For example, the last
paragraph in Figure 3-5 “Resizing the topic
tree”
shows a hyperlink of this type.
A dashed underline indicates a definition link,
which displays a quick help window.
A graphic—an icon, for example—can also
be a hyperlink. A grey open-cornered border identifies a graphic
hyperlink. Figure 3-6 “Hyperlink formats”
shows the different hyperlink formats that can be used in help topics.
Links That Display a New Window
Most hyperlinks display the related topic in the same window.
However, if you choose a hyperlink that jumps to a help topic for
another application, a new window is displayed. Links that jump
from one application's online help into another's are called cross-volume
or cross-application hyperlinks.
Move the pointer to the underlined text or graphic image.
Click mouse button 1.
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