Getting Help

There are two ways to get help in HP Easytime/iX. You can access the Help menu for a complete index of help topics, or you can press F1 {{Field Help}} for context-sensitive help about an object on the screen.

The HP Easytime/iX Help menu is available on every screen. The Help menu provides the following six categories of help information:

`Use this topic`	`To do this`
Help	Access information about the HP Easytime/iX help facility.
Basic skills	Access information about basic skills and concepts that you will need to use the product effectively.
Procedures	Access step-by-step procedures for every task available on a screen.
Keys	Access information about cursor movement keys, dialog box keys, function keys, and editing keys in HP Easytime/iX.
Glossary	Access an alphabetical listing of HP Easytime/iX terms and definitions.
Version	Access information about the current version of HP Easytime/iX on your system.

To use the Help menu

Press F4 H to open the Help menu.
Press the key that corresponds to the underlined character in the menu item that you want. For example, press
- P for help on Procedures.
  An index of help topics for this screen is displayed.

Figure 6-2 Index of Help Procedures

To select and read a help topic

Press [utrif] or [dtrif] to move the cursor to a help topic.
Press either F3, Spacebar, or Return to select the topic.
Press F5 {{Read}}.
A help window displays help information about that topic.
Press F8 {{Close}} when you are finished reading.
If you want to choose another help topic, press Tab twice to go back to the list of topics and select another.
Press F8 {{Close}} again to close the Help menu.

To use the help key

With the help key you can access field-specific help about an object on the screen or in a menu, for example, a task or a data-entry field.

Move the cursor to an object on the screen.
Press F1 {{Field Help}} to get help information about that object.
Press F8 {{Close}} to close the help window when you are finished reading.

Getting Help

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To use the Help menu

To select and read a help topic

To use the help key