Click the Close
button ( 
) on the title bar.
Select Close from the control menu icon.
The following procedures explain how to use the Help.
To open and close the utility, use one of the following methods.
On the menu bar, select Help | Contents and Index.
Press F1. This opens the HTML help window and displays the topic relevant to the active window, tab page, or dialog box.
Click the Help button. This opens the HTML help window and displays the topic relevant to the tab page or dialog box.
Click the Close
button ( ) on the title bar.
Select Close from the control menu icon.
Complete the following steps to copy a topic.
Open the Help.
In the topic pane, right-click anywhere in the topic you want to copy, and choose Select All.
Right-click again, and then click Copy. This copies the topic to the Clipboard. If you want to copy only part of a topic, select the text you want to copy, right-click, and then click Copy.
Open the document you want to copy the topic to.
Place the pointer where you want the information to appear.
On the menu bar, select Edit | Paste.
There are three ways to print a topic.
To print the currently displayed topic, click the Print button on the help toolbar.
In the topic pane, right-click anywhere in the topic you want to print, and select Print.
From the Contents tab, right-click a topic, and then select Print. You will be given the option of printing only the current topic, or the current heading and all subtopics.
When printing an HTML Help topic, you can control the
margins and headers and footers. On the Microsoft Internet Explorer's
menu bar, select File | Page Setup
to access these features. Changes made in Internet Explorer affect printing
from the Help view. Use the ?
on the Page Setup dialog box to
learn more about the features.
See the following options for ways to easily change the size and position of the help viewer and the panes in the viewer.
Click Hide to close the navigation pane from view.
Click Show to display the navigation pane.
Point to the divider between the two panes.
When the pointer changes to a double-headed arrow, drag the divider right or left.
Point to any corner of the help viewer so the pointer changes to a double-headed arrow.
Press the left mouse button and drag up, down, left, or right. The viewer is resized after you release the mouse button.
Click the title bar and drag the viewer to a new position.
Complete the following steps to change the colors, fonts, or accessibility options of your viewer. Changing these settings will also change your settings for Internet Explorer.
Open the Help.
On the toolbar, select Options | Internet Options.
On the General tab, click Colors, Fonts, or Accessibility.
Select the options you want, and then click OK.
To apply the new settings, in the Internet Options dialog box, click OK.
Here are some tips on how to find more information when using HTML Help.
To follow a link to another topic, a Web page, a list of other topics, or a program, click the colored, underlined words.
To view topics that contain related information, use the "See also:" and "What do you want to do?" topic links.
To see if a word or phrase contained in a topic is in the index, select the word, and then press F1.
If you use a particular topic often, you can add it to your favorites list.
Right-click in the Contents tab or Topic pane for shortcut menu commands.
The table of contents is a tree outline that displays topics in an expandable/collapsible hierarchy. Complete the following steps to find a topic in the table of contents.
Click the Contents tab.
Open or close books by clicking them. A closed book has a plus sign next to it, and an open book has a minus sign.
Click the topic you want to view.
The index provides a multilevel list of keywords that are found in the Help. The index is hierarchical, like the kind you find at the back of a book, and includes multiple levels. Complete the following steps to find a topic using the index.
Open the Help.
Click the Index tab.
Type a word or scroll through the list of index entries.
To see any topics associated with a keyword, double-click it or select it from the list and click Display.
If there is more than one topic associated with a keyword, select a topic from the Topics Found dialog box. Topics are often indexed under more than one entry.
With the Search tab you can perform a full-text search. With full-text searching, you can search through every word in the Help system. A basic search consists of the word or phrase you want to find. Advanced searches can incorporate Boolean operators, wildcard expressions, nested expressions, similar word matches, a previous results list, or topic titles to further define a search.
When
searching for words in help topics, you can have each occurrence of the
word or phrase highlighted in the topics that are found. To highlight
all instances of a search word or phrase, click Options
on the toolbar and select Search
Highlight On.
Complete the following steps to run a simple search.
Open the Help.
Click the Search tab.
Type the word or phrase you want to find. The basic rules for formulating search queries are as follows. For a list of the advanced search features and their functions, see the Searching the Help topic. This topic also shows examples that demonstrate both the simple and advanced search capabilities.
Searches are not case-sensitive, so you can type your search in uppercase or lowercase characters.
You can search for any combination of letters (a-z) and numbers (0-9).
Punctuation marks such as the period, colon, semicolon, comma, and hyphen are ignored during a search.
Group the elements of your search using double quotes or parentheses to set apart each element. You cannot search for quotation marks.
If you need to perform a more advanced
search, you can incorporate Boolean operators, wildcard expressions,
nested expressions, similar word matches, a previous results list, or
topic titles to further define a search.
Press ENTER or click List Topics.
To view a found topic, double-click it or select the topic and click Display.
It might be helpful to maintain a list of favorite help topics that you reference frequently. Complete the following steps to add topics to a list, return to a favorite topic, rename a topic, or remove a topic.
To add a topic – Locate the help topic you want to make a favorite topic, click the Favorites tab, and click Add.
To return to a topic – Click the Favorites tab, select the topic, and double-click the topic or click Display.
To rename a topic – Click the Favorites tab, right-click the topic and select Rename, and type a new name and then press ENTER.
To remove a topic – Click the Favorites tab, select the topic, and click Remove.
The glossary provides an alphabetized list of terms and definitions related to the Barr software. Complete the following steps to use the glossary.
Open the Help.
Click the Glossary tab.
Scroll through the list of glossary entries or type the first letter of the word you are looking for. The Term window will focus on words beginning with that letter.
Select a term from the list and view the definition in the lower portion of the Glossary tab.