Help

This section briefly describes the various aids provided to help you find the information you need quickly and efficiently as well as navigate easily in the online documentation.

Full-text search
Use the Search box in the banner to search for specific terms or phrases.

Main topics bar
Expand and collapse the table of contents on the left side of the documentation portal to move quickly from one guide to another or one part of a guide to another. Online documentation is organized by brand and solution.

Glossary
Access the terms and definitions in the V6 glossary via the entry in the main topic bar on the left. Terms and definitions are listed in alphabetical order. Use the Glossary search box to search for a term or a word in a term.

Breadcrumb trail
Use the breadcrumb trail located at the top of the content area of each page to know where you are in the guide and to go directly to a higher level.

Navigation box
Use the navigation box to keep your bearings. Located at the top right on individual topics, this box, if available, contains links to related tasks, concepts and reference information.

Hyperlinks
Use these links to move from one part of a guide to another or from one guide to another.

All these aids are designed to help you know where you are and how documentation is organized as well as to give you a sense of context.

Different forms of online user assistance are available to the end-user when working with products. Seamlessly integrated into the overall design, they enable you to get help easily. This section briefly describes three common forms.

Contextual access to online user documentation
Provides contextual help on the current command. Available for all WinTop commands, the appropriate task is accessed via the Help command in the Help menu, or the F1 key. When available, it can also be accessed via a link in the What's This? help.

Tooltip
Available for all WinTop toolbar and dialog box icons. Tooltips appear after the pointer remains over the icon for a short period of time.

What's This? help
Available for all WinTop toolbar icons and most dialog box controls, this context-sensitive help is automatically displayed when the pointer remains over the icon tooltip for a short period of time. If no tooltip exists, the help message is displayed directly; this is true of dialog box help messages in particular. This default behavior can be changed by clearing the Automatically display help messages check box in Tools > Customize... > Options.

Help messages can also be accessed via the What's This? command in both the Standard toolbar and Help menubar, the Shift+F1 key, or the What's This? button on dialog box title bars.

Note: Currently only tooltips are available for Web-style applications.