How Do I Find a Help Topic

Use this exercise to find a help topic quickly and easily within the help system.  Listed below are four unique ways of locating a help topic.  Use the method that you find most useful.

Complete the following steps to find a help topic using the table of contents:

  1. Click the Contents button to display the help system's table of contents panel on the left-hand side of the web page.

  2. Browse through the help topics, displayed by category.

  3. Click a book to display the help topics it contains.

  4. Click a page to display a selected help topic.

 

Complete the following steps to find a help topic using the index:

  1. Click the Index button to display the help system's index panel on the left-hand side of the web page.

  2. Browse through the keywords, listed alphabetically.  OR  Type a keyword or phrase in the text box to highlight a specific help topic.

  3. Click a keyword in the index to display the help topic.

 

Complete the following steps to find a help topic using the search:

  1. Click the Search button to display the help system's search panel on the left-hand side of the web page.

  2. Type a keyword or phrase in the text box.

  3. Click the button to begin the search.

  4. Browse through the list of returned topics, sorted alphabetically.

  5. Click a topic in the list to display a selected help topic.

 

Complete the following steps to find a How Do I help topic using the How Do I List:

  1. Click the How Do I button to display the help system's How Do I List on this side of the web page.

  2. Browse through the list of topics, displayed alphabetically.

  3. Click a topic in the list to display the selected help topic.

 

Note:  When you have found the help topic you were looking for using one of the methods listed above, you can click on the button to hide the left-hand panel.