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- <!-- Help volume: Help4Help -->
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- <chapter id=Concepts>Help Concepts
-
- These topics describe a help window, introduce hyperlinks, and explain how
- help topics are organized.
-
- <list bullet>
- * <xref AHelpWindowAtAGlance>
- * <xref Hyperlinks>
- * <xref HelpTopicOrganization>
- <\list>
-
- <procedure>See Also
- <list bullet tight>
- * <xref Tasks>
- * <xref Table-Of-Contents>
- * <link "_hometopic">Home Topic<\link>
- <\list>
-
- <s1 id=AHelpWindowAtAGlance>A Help Window at a Glance
-
- <idx |topic tree, defined|
- <idx |topic display area, defined|
-
- <list bullet>
-
- * The topic tree is an outline of help topics. You
- can scroll the list of topics, or to view a topic,
- click mouse button 1 on the title.
-
- * The topic display area displays help topics.
- You can scroll the topic display area or resize the
- help window.
- <\list>
-
- <figure nonumber entity=Help4HelpGeneralHelp>
- <\figure>
-
- <list bullet>
-
- * Any underlined text is a hyperlink.
- You use hyperlinks to &dquote;jump&dquote; to other topics (see <xref
- Hyperlinks>).
-
- <p>&sigspace;
-
- * A general help window has these buttons:
-
- <lablist nowrap>
- \Backtrack\ Returns to a previous topic.
-
- \History\ Lists topics and help volumes you have visited and enables you to
- redisplay a topic.
-
- \Index\ Opens a help index that you can search to find help
- on a subject.
- <\lablist>
-
- <\list>
-
-
- <procedure>See Also
- <list bullet tight>
- * <xref ToLocateWhereYouAre>
- * <xref HelpTopicOrganization>
- * <xref Concepts>
- * <xref Tasks>
- * <xref Table-Of-Contents>
- * <link hyperlink="_hometopic">Home Topic<\link>
- <\list>
-
-
- <s1 id=Hyperlinks>Hyperlinks in Help Topics
-
- <idx |hyperlinks, types of|
- <idx |graphic hyperlink|
- <idx |underline, in hyperlinks|
- <idx |dashed underline, in hyperlinks|
-
- A hyperlink can be a word, phrase, or graphic image. Graphic
- hyperlinks are shown with an open-cornered border.
-
- Two format styles are used to identify hyperlinks:
-
- <list bullet>
- * A solid underscore indicates a standard hyperlink that is displayed
- in the current window or a new window.
- <\list>
-
- <figure nonumber entity=Help4HelpHyperlinksS> <\figure>
-
-
- <list bullet>
- * A dashed underscore indicates that the help topic will be displayed
- in a smaller pop-up window.
-
- <\list>
-
- <figure nonumber entity=Help4HelpHyperlinksD> <\figure>
-
-
- <p>&sigspace;
-
- <procedure>Execution Hyperlinks
- Most hyperlinks display help topics, but a hyperlink can also execute a
- command. When you choose an execution hyperlink, the Help System displays
- a confirmation dialog box that enables you to choose whether to execute
- the command. To change the default behavior, see <xref Execution-Policy>.
-
- <p>&sigspace;
-
- To select topics or hyperlinks using the keyboard,
- see <xref Mouse-And-Keyboard>.
-
- <p>&sigspace;
-
- <procedure>See Also
- <list bullet tight>
- * <xref Execution-Policy>
- * <xref Mouse-And-Keyboard>
- * <xref DisplayingHelpTopics>
- * <xref Concepts>
- * <xref Tasks>
- * <xref Table-Of-Contents>
- * <link hyperlink="_hometopic">Home Topic<\link>
- <\list>
-
- <s1 id=HelpTopicOrganization>Help Topic Organization
-
- <idx |help topic, defined|
- <idx |help volume, defined|
- <idx |help topics, how organized|
- <idx |help family|
-
- <list bullet>
-
- * <term nogloss | Help Volume|
-
- A help volume is a collection of topics that describe an application or
- a particular subject. Typically there is one help volume per application.
-
- Similar to an outline, a volume is a hierarchy of
- topics. For example, an application might organize its help using these
- categories: Introduction, Tasks and Reference. Each of these in turn
- contains more detailed topics.
-
-
- <figure nonumber entity=Help4HelpOrganization>
- <\figure>
-
- * <term nogloss | Home Topic|
-
- The top-level topic in a volume is called the home topic. It is
- the first topic in a help volume.
-
-
- * <term nogloss | Help Family|
-
- A help volume can be assigned to a help family. A family includes one
- or more help volumes. This allows several related volumes to be grouped under a
- single name.
-
- To browse the list of help families available on your desktop, see <xref ToBrowseDesktopHelp>.
-
- <\list>
-
- <procedure>
- See Also
- <list bullet tight>
- * <xref DisplayingHelpTopics>
- * <xref ToLocateWhereYouAre>
- * <xref Concepts>
- * <xref Tasks>
- * <xref Table-Of-Contents>
- * <link hyperlink="_hometopic">Home Topic<\link>
- <\list>
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