Customizing the Oracle Help viewer

Oracle Help output is displayed in the Oracle Help viewer. This Help window includes the navigation pane on the left side with Contents, Index and Search tabs, and topic content in a viewing pane on the right. You can customize how the Oracle Help viewer looks and functions to suit the unique needs of your Help system. You make these settings before you generate Oracle Help output.

To customize Oracle Help:

The Oracle Help Options dialog opens. The settings for customizing Oracle Help are available at this dialog.

 

To:

Do this:

Add (or remove) the Contents tab from the navigation pane

Select or clear TOC

Add (or remove) the Index tab from the navigation pane

Select or clear Index

Add (or remove) the Search tab from the navigation pane

Select or clear Full-Text Search

Enable WebSearch (If you intend on using WebSearch with your project, select this feature to provide access to WebSearch from the Help viewer.)

Select WebSearch

Enable browse sequences (If you create browse sequences in your project, select this feature so functionality is available in the browser.)

Select Browse Sequences

Specify the location for the in-topic navigation bar

Select Top Right, Bottom Left or Bottom Right as the location

Specify the appearance of the in-topic navigation bar

Select Button or Text as the style

Tip: You can assign a default topic to your Help system. This is the equivalent of a home page at an Internet site. It is the topic that is displayed when your Help system starts. For more information, see Assigning default topics.