If you have not used help before, choose Help Introduction. Use the |G{Glossary,scroll_bar}scroll bar|E{NORMAL} to view information not visible in the Help window.
|E{BOLD}To choose a Help topic
|B|TClick on the highlighted |G{Glossary,topic}topic|E{NORMAL} you want to look at.
|E{BOLD}Introduction
|J{intro,intro}Help Introduction
|E{BOLD}How to...
|J{actions,annotate}Annotate a help topic
|J{actions,jump}Choose a jump
|J{actions,bookmark}Define and use Bookmarks
|J{actions,find}Finding specific topics
|J{actions,get_help}Get Help from your Application
|J{actions,print}Print a Help Topic
|J{actions,search}Search for a Help Topic
|E{BOLD}Commands and buttons
|J{menu,edit}Edit Menu Commands
|J{menu,help}Help Menu Commands
|J{menu,print}Print Menu Commands
|J{menu,butt}Help Buttons
.SECTION intro
.PAGE intro
|E{TITLE}Help Introduction
The Help Program is an interactive aid to learning to use applications. It enables you to quickly find out information that you need while using a program, without having to search through lots of bulky manuals. In addition, it guides you to other relevant subjects, and records the pages you have already looked at so that you can find them again more easily.
The Help Program allows you to place |G{Glossary,bookmark}bookmarks|E{NORMAL} in the text and to add |G{Glossary,annotation}annotations|E{NORMAL} of your own for future reference. You can work your way through the information either by using the |G{Glossary,button}buttons|E{NORMAL} at the top of the Help Window, or by using |G{Glossary,jump}jumps|E{NORMAL} to find related information. The Glossary can be used to find the meanings of words that you are unfamiliar with, or which you do not understand in the context that you see them. Try that now by clicking on one of the underlined words in this paragraph.
|J{contents,contents}Contents Page
.SECTION menu
.PAGE butt
|E{TITLE}Help Buttons 1
At the top of the Help Window are seven buttons to help you read and modify your help files.
|S{index}
|E{BOLD}The Contents Button
Pressing the Contents Button takes you back to the first page of the help file, which is a list of the major topics which you can choose from.
|J{actions,search}|S{examine}
|E{BOLD}The Search Button
The Search Button helps you to look for a particular item in the current help file. Pressing it opens a window in which you can enter a |G{Glossary,scroll_bar}keyword|E{NORMAL} and help will attempt to find all references to that word and present them in a list from which you can choose an entry for further examination.
|S{rewind} |S{forward}
|E{BOLD}The Browse Buttons
Each help file is split up into sections of related |G{Glossary,topic}topics|E{NORMAL}. The Browse buttons allow you to move backwards and forwards through the topics in the current section.
|J{,butt2}Continued...
.PAGE butt2
|E{TITLE}Help Buttons 2
|J{actions,retrace}|S{backtrack}
|E{BOLD}The Retrace Button
Pressing this reveals a list of the topics that you have examined from the current help file, and lets you revisit any one of them by clicking on it.
|J{actions,annotate}|S{paper_clip}
|E{BOLD}The Annotation Button
You can add your own text to a help file entry as aides-memoires for future reference. You do this by clicking on the Annotation Button, which produces a window into which annotations can be typed. Annotations are saved with the help text so that they will be there when you next read the help text.
|J{actions,bookmark}|S{bookmark}
|E{BOLD}The Bookmark Button
To help you quickly relocate items of specific interest, you can place bookmarks in the help text. The bookmark menu allows you to set a bookmark or go to one that had been set before. Bookmarks are saved with the help text, so they will be there the next time you read it.
|E{SUBTITLE}Related Topics
|J{actions,annotate}Making an Annotation
|J{actions,bookmark}Defining and using Bookmarks
.PAGE edit
|E{TITLE}Edit Menu Commands
.PAGE help
|E{TITLE}Help Menu Commands
|E{BOLD}Help on Help
This menu entry can be chosen to re-load this help file while viewing the help file of another application. This is useful to remind you how to use parts of the Application Help program.
|E{BOLD}Interactive Help
Selecting this option will load the Interactive Help Program if it is available.
|E{SMALL}If the Interactive Help Program does not load even when there is adequate free memory it may be necessary to 'revive' it by clicking |G{Glossary,menu}menu|E{SMALL} over the acorn at the extreme right hand side of the icon bar at the bottom of the screen, moving the pointer on to the arrow shape beside 'New task' and typing:
|E{SMALL}RMReinit !Help
|E{SMALL}Then pressing the Return key.
.PAGE print
|E{TITLE}Print Menu Commands
.SECTION actions
.PAGE find
|E{TITLE}Finding specific topics
There are many ways to help you find your way to particular help topics. The easiest ways are to use the |J{menu,butt}Browse Buttons|E{NORMAL} or to |J{actions,jump}choose a jump|E{NORMAL}. The following methods are often useful, especially when you are examining a big help file:
1|H|J{,bookmark}Bookmarks
2|H|J{menu,butt}Displaying the Help Contents Page
3|H|J{,retrace}Retracing your steps
4|H|J{,search}Searching for a Help Topic
.PAGE annotate
|E{TITLE}Making an Annotation
It is possible to add your own comments to a help topic by entering annotations. An Annotation is made by clicking on the Annotation Button at the top of the help window:
|S{paper_clip}
The Annotation window will appear, allowing you to type directly in to it. You can also drag files in to the window. When you have finished, click |E{BOLD}OK|E{NORMAL} to confirm the text you are entering and save it to disc with the help file, or |E{BOLD}Cancel|E{NORMAL} to discard it. A page in the help text that has an annotation is distinguished by the red paper clip on the Annotation button:
|S{spaper_clip}
A page with no annotation has the black paper clip annotation button shown near the top of this page.
|E{BOLD}To remove an annotation
Click on the Annotation Button to display the Annotation window, then press the |E{BOLD}Delete|E{NORMAL} button.
.PAGE bookmark
|E{TITLE}Defining and using Bookmarks
It is possible to set a bookmark to help you find a page of particular interest when you read the help text again. To do this, first click on the Bookmark Button at the top of the Help Window:
|S{bookmark}
You will see a menu whose first entry is |E{BOLD}Set Bookmark|E{NORMAL}. Simply click on that entry to set a bookmark there. The lower part of the menu shows the names of all the pages where bookmarks are set. To visit one of these pages, click on its entry. If a page already has a bookmark, the first entry will say |E{BOLD}Remove Bookmark|E{NORMAL}. You can click on that to remove the bookmark if you want.
|E{BOLD}Related topics
|J{,search}Searching for a Help Topic
|J{,retrace}Retracing your steps
.PAGE jump
|E{TITLE}Choosing a jump
.PAGE get_help
|E{TITLE}Getting Help from your Applications
|E{SUBTITLE}Getting Help from Applications in filer windows
To get help on an application in a filer window, click the middle mouse button, |E{BOLD}Menu|E{NORMAL}, over it and move over the entry that gives the filename of the object that you are interested in. A submenu will appear in which there will be a |E{BOLD}Help|E{NORMAL} option. If it is greyed out, then no help is available.
|E{SUBTITLE}Getting Help from Running Applications
Some applications can provide help whilst they are running. They do this in two ways. Sometimes a window will have a help button in it which can be pressed to bring up a help page relevant to that window. It is also possible to get help on a window by positioning the pointer inside it and pressing |E{BOLD}Alt-F1|E{NORMAL}.
.PAGE print
|E{TITLE}Printing Help Topics
To print the current page of help information, simply move across |E{BOLD}Print|E{NORMAL} in the Help Window Menu, and select |E{BOLD}Print this Page|E{NORMAL}. Alternatively, you can select Print all Pages. A |G{Glossary,dbox}dialogue box|E{NORMAL} will appear with a field into which you can type the number of copies you wish to print. An |G{Glossary,optic}Option icon|E{NORMAL} in this box allows you to switch annotations on and off. Annotations are printed on separate pages following the page which they supplement.
.PAGE search
|E{TITLE}Searching for a Help Topic
The Help Application provides a powerful searching facility to help you find topics that are not easily reached using other methods. To start a search, press the Search Button:
|S{examine}
The Search Window will appear. This has three areas, at the top is a box in to which you can type the name of a topic you wish to look for. Alternatively, you can use the |G{Glossary,scroll_bar}scroll bar|E{NORMAL} just below to search through a list of some of the topics that are covered in the help file. Clicking on one of these will enter it in to the box at the top of the window. Press |E{BOLD}Find|E{NORMAL} when you have chosen the topic that you wish to search for. In the lower half of the window is another box with a scroll bar beside it. A list of pages with references to the named topic will appear in this lower box. You can choose one of them by clicking on it and then pressing |E{BOLD}OK|E{NORMAL}. Alternatively, you can |G{Glossary,double}Double-Click|E{NORMAL} on one of the topics and the page will be found, leaving the Search Window open, allowing you to select another of the listed pages, or begin another search.
|E{BOLD}Related topics
|J{,bookmark}Bookmarks
|J{,retrace}Retracing your steps
.PAGE retrace
|E{TITLE}Retracing your steps
The Retrace Button looks like this:
|S{backtrack}
It can be used in two distinct ways:
The simplest way to use it is to click on it with |G{Glossary,select}Select|E{NORMAL}. This causes a list of the pages that you have already visited in the current help file to be displayed. You can revisit any one of them just by clicking on the relevant entry.
You can also click the Retrace Button with |G{Glossary,adjust}Adjust|E{NORMAL}. This takes you back to the page that you were looking at immediately before the current page.
