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endorsed or supported by John Norstad or Northwestern University.

trouble using Help on Wheels.  However, this software is in no way

and repackaged.)  If you have used Disinfectant Help, you will have no

to Norstad’s famous Disinfectant anti-virus utility.  (Reduced, reused,

Wheels owes its inspiration and much of its source code and documentation

Note the credit to John Norstad and Northwestern University.  Help on





Apple menu.

balloon!)  It is opened by the “About Help on Wheels…” command in the

to be a daredevil motorcyclist charging through a flaming System 7 help

This window presents Help on Wheels’s About box.  (Yes, that is supposed




xThe About Window









Apple menu and to flash the small Help on Wheels icon in the menu bar.

The default is to display a diamond next to Help on Wheels’s name in the

wish to be notified if Help on Wheels requires attention for any reason.

Help on Wheels can run in the background.  This option specifies how you



•  Background notification option





the application name.

choose a “creator type” directly by editing the text box to the right of

select any of the more popular word processors and editors.  You can also

containing the name of the application is a pop-up menu which lets you

You can change the application which owns saved help files.  The box



be opened.

means that if you open a saved help file from Finder, Microsoft Word will

By default, Help on Wheels saves help files as Microsoft Word files.  This





any Macintosh word processor or editor.

saved as plain text files without any formatting and they can be read by

You can save a text-only version of any help file.  These files are always



•  Saved text file option





the server to display the help file when you ask them directly.

Not all clients make casual displays.  The more basic clients will only ask





the background.

you choose your next action.  The default is not to follow clients while in

to operate the help display by itself, describing its own state, or helping

casual display, the server will honor the request.  This allows the client

server is running in the background, and the current client asks for a

displays of help information.  When this option is turned on, and the

Help on Wheels has the ability to follow clients who make so-called casual



•  Background option







Wheels.  It is opened by the “Preferences…” command in the File menu.

This window lets you set various options and parameters for Help on



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xThe Preferences Window







windows.

Option key while clicking this button causes the help server to hide its

active, bringing its menus and windows back to the front.  Pressing the

this button, or press the Return or Enter key, to make the current client

own help, or that belonging to a background-only application.)  Click on

Finder.  (This button is not available when Help on Wheels is displaying its

“Close Help File” if the help file on display was opened directly from

Above the table of contents is a button titled “Return to Client,” or



an example of a hypertext button.)

See the section entitled “The File Menu” for more information.  (This is

The help file can be printed, and you can save it as a text file.



reading about.

pass a message back to the client, so it can demonstrate what you are

the help file to another, so you can jump to a related topic.  Another is to

could happen.  A common use of hypertext buttons is to link one part of

hypertext button, depending on what the text or picture says, anything

paragraphs of text, but may also be pictures.  When you click on a

The help file may offer hypertext buttons, which are usually underscored



bottom of the menu to scroll it up or down.

table of contents is a scrolling menu.  Click on the triangle at the top or

section title in the table of contents on the right side of the window.  The

You can quickly jump to any section of the help file by clicking on the



on an extended keyboard).

pressing the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key (or use the Home or End key

end of the help file, hold down both the Command and Shift keys while

or Page Down key on an extended keyboard).  To jump to the beginning or

key while pressing the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key (or use the Page Up

time.  To scroll up or down one screen at a time, hold down the Command

Arrow keys to scroll the help file backwards or forwards one line at a

In addition to the scroll bar, you can also use the Up Arrow and Down



Use the scroll bar to scroll through the help file.





help through the client that owns it.

appear in the help window in just the same way as if you had asked for

client is now current.  If you open a help file directly from Finder, it will

display its help file, the title of the window changes to show that another

while the server is running.  When a different client asks the server to

may be any application, including Help on Wheels itself.  It is always open

This window displays the help file belonging to the current client, which



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xThe Help Window









This section describes each of Help on Wheels’s windows.








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