The documentation set for the Microsoft® SDK for Java is organized to make finding information easy. It includes a Table of Contents that lists classes, methods, fields, an Index, and so on.
The topics in the Programmer's Guide contain overview and how-to information on using the APIs, packages, and samples that the Microsoft SDK for Java provides to help you develop Java programs and applets. These topics link to their appropriate Reference topics.
The Tools Reference is now a separate topic rather than being included in the Programmer’s Guide.
The Reference topics provide detailed coverage of packages and their members including all major classes, constructors, methods, interfaces, and fields.
This release also includes Document Conventions and a Glossary.
The Help Viewer has an easy to use, straightforward interface. The following topics show how to take advantage of its many features:
Using the Toolbar Buttons
Finding a Help Topic
Full-Text Search
Highlighting Words in Searched Topics
Using Favorites
Using Accessibility Shortcut Keys in the Help Viewer
The Help Viewer toolbar usually contains the following buttons:
Hide/Show expands or collapses the left pane (table of contents).
Locate synchronizes the displayed topic with its corresponding title in the table of contents.
Previous opens the previous help topic.
Next opens the next help topic.
Back opens the last viewed help topic.
Forward displays the next help topic in a previously displayed sequence of topics.
Stop terminates a download from an external site.
Refresh repeats a download from an external site.
Home opens the Home page topic for the Help file you are viewing.
Font increases or decreases the font size of the topic you are viewing.
Print opens the Print dialog box.
Options opens a menu of customization settings.
HTML Viewer has three tabs to help you find the topic you're looking for.
Contents
Use the Contents tab to browse through a table of contents, an expandable list of important topics.
Index
Use the Index tab to see a list of index entries; topics are often indexed under more than one entry.
Search
Use the Search tab to locate every occurrence of a word or phrase.
Click the Contents entry, Index entry, or Search results entry to display the corresponding topic. To see the topic’s location in the table of contents, click Locate on the toolbar.
If you have other search requirements, click the right arrow at the end of the search’s text box. Add between the words you are searching for, such as "Java" AND "COM" NOT Native.
To turn this option off, click Options, and then click Search Highlight Off.
The Favorites tab conveniently stores your frequently used Help Viewer topics.
Topics can be as quickly removed from Favorites.
Use the keyboard shortcuts shown in the following table to navigate the Help Viewer.
To do this | Press |
Close the Help Viewer. | ALT+F4 |
Switch between the Help Viewer and other open windows. | ALT+TAB |
Display the Options menu (if your Viewer has an Options menu). | ALT+O |
Hide or show the Navigation pane. | ALT+O, and then press T |
Print a topic. | ALT+O, and then press P |
Refresh the topic that appears in the Topic pane. | ALT+O, and then press R |
Move back to the previous topic. | ALT+O, and then press B |
Move forward to the next topic (provided you have viewed it just previously). | ALT+O, and then press F |
Switch focus between the Navigation pane and the Topic pane. | F6 |
Scroll through a topic. | UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW (or, to move to the end or beginning of a topic, END or HOME, respectively) |
Scroll through the links in a topic, or through all the options on a Navigation pane tab. | TAB |
To do this | Press |
Display the Contents tab. | ALT+C |
Open a book or folder. | RIGHT ARROW |
Close a book or folder. | LEFT ARROW |
Select a topic. | DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW |
Display the selected topic. | ENTER |
To do this | Press |
Display the Index tab. | ALT+N |
Select a keyword in the list. | UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW |
Display the associated topic. | ALT+D |
To do this | Press |
Display the Search tab. | ALT+S |
Start a search. | ALT+L |
Select a topic in the results list. | ALT+T, and then UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW |
Display the selected topic. | ALT+D |
For more information about accessibility features and services, visit the Microsoft Accessibility and Disabilities Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/enable/default-u.htm .