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The softWorks -- Help-System
Richard Schwaninger
risc@finwds01.tu-graz.ac.at
english/Help.tex
Version 1.3
28/02/1996
The help system provides online information and documentation while you are using a programm. It may be used as a comprehensive online manual, as a tutorial or as a way to obtain quick help on a specific item.
You may see this as an electronic book that may be read from front to back in the usual manner or that may be used as a quick reference guide. The help window can remain on the screen while you are working. It can be moved and resized so you can see both the help window and your application.
You can interactively exploring the program because you can get information on a topic with the click of the mouse.
To access help you click on the button labeled Help in the top-right corner of the main window. This will popup a menu containing the following items:
This is the window that displays all the help text. You may navigate through the text and may print specific portions of it.
The bar on the top of the text is for fast navigation between help pages. You may go back to the last theme or may select an item from a list of already read topics.
If you like to read the text in paper form you may print selected topics.
This is a short description of the expressbar:
If you want to print high-quality documentation then you may use the postscript-files located in the doc subdirectory.
The help pages are interactive documents. You can click on active elements (eg. entries in the table of contents) and jump to the corresponding text. Use this feature to navigate inside a lengthy document.