Using the Online Help System

The Desktop Pizazz Online Help System uses the new Microsoft HTML Help "tri-pane" format to display information. The help window is broken into three sections called panes.

The left pane is for navigation and contains tabs to let you use Contents, Index, or Search techniques to get to topics you need. The right pane displays the current topic. The third pane, which is actually the button bar at the top of the help window, contains buttons that allow you to hide or show the navigation pane, go back to the previous topic, or print topics.

Contents

The Contents tab shows the main sections of the Desktop Pizazz Online Help System as book icons. When you click a book, it expands to show a list of all topics contained in that section, like chapters in hard copy books.

To display a topic from the Contents

  1. Click the Contents tab to display the Table of Contents.
  2. Click the book icon representing the area in which you need information.
  3. The page icons below each book represent topics in that area.
  4. Click the page icon for the topic you want.

Index

The index is an alphabetical listing of keywords found in each topic. A single keyword may be linked to more than one topic. You may type the first few letters of a subject to jump to an index entry that matches what you are looking for.

To display a topic from the Index

  1. Click the Index tab to display the Help Index.
  2. In the form at the top of the Index, type the subject you need to find, or scroll through the alphabetical list to find the term for which you need information.
  3. Click the term, then click Display to see the topic for that term, or double-click the term to see its topic. The topic displays in the right pane and may show links to related topics.

Full-Text Search

The Online Help System contains a full-text search engine that creates a database of every word in the help system. You can use the Search tab to find the help topics for any word or phrase.

To display a topic from the Search

  1. Click the Search tab to conduct a full-text search.
  2. Enter the word or phrase for which you want to search, then click List Topics.
  3. All topics containing your entry are listed.
  4. Scroll through the list to find the topic you want.
  5. Click the topic name, then click Display, or double-click the topic name to see the topic.