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than English.
versions of the Help on Wheels server will be available in languages other
choose a language which suits your current System environment. Future
file for each, or one which covers all languages. The server will try to
Some clients offer help in two or more languages. There may be one help
xMultiple Language Support
after you have used the client for some time.
but will not offer on-line help. You may want to do this to save space
without losing track. If you trash the document, the client will still work,
will allow you to keep the document and the application in separate folders
can open or print it without opening the client application. Most clients
or a separate Help on Wheels document. If the document is separate, you
Most clients have just one help file, which may be the application itself,
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xSeparation of Help Files
the background.
client application, causing the server to hide its windows as it moves to
If you prefer, you can just press the Option key while switching back to a
for help, and it will still know about all of the clients.
You can quit the server at any time; it will come back when you next ask
xTransient Usage
tell you if this is the case.
is programmed to do such “casual displays.” The client’s help file will
client whose help file is showing in the help window, and only if the client
works if the active application (the owner of the front window) is also the
show the paragraph which describes the purpose of the button. This only
respond to your click on a radio button by scrolling the help display to
help display to follow its own actions. For example, the client might
the active client to operate the help window automatically, changing the
By turning on the “follow” option in the Preferences window, you allow
xCasual (Client-Operated) Help Display
dialog box so that you can change its settings.
example, a hot button may offer to demonstrate a function, or open a
contrast, hot buttons can do anything the client wants them to. For
you click on a link button, the box scrolls to show the related topic. By
underlined text. There are two kinds, link buttons and hot buttons. When
help files. You can recognize a hypertext button in the help window by the
Some clients offer “hypertext buttons” to make it easier to use their
xHypertext Buttons
return to the client by pressing the Return or Enter key.
text file, to edit later. When you are done with the help window, you can
Using the File menu, you can print the help file, or save it on disk as a
xPrinting and Saving
clients’ help files, including the one you are reading.
beside it. You can use the server’s own Help menu to switch to other
scrolling box, or choose a topic of interest from the table of contents
While the server is active, you can read a client’s help file using a large
xDisplaying Help Files
button.
provides — usually the Help menu, the Help or Command-? key, or a
see the help window until you ask for help, by whatever means the client
“register” for help service when they start to run, but usually you won’t
(Every AWOL Utilities application is a client.) Client applications
Help on Wheels keeps track of every client running on your Macintosh.
xResponding to Client Requests
some of the things it can do for you.
Help on Wheels is designed to be as unobtrusive as possible. Here are
åWhat Does Help on Wheels Do?
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