Help on Help

 

Introduction

This topic may be helpful for you to get familiar with the textual conventions used throughout this online help and the navigational means provided to browse through the information.

Conventions and Symbols     

Designations, symbols, and font styles used in the help topics:

Italics

Used for names of windows, dialogue boxes, fields, functions and properties within the text.

Example: In the Parameter field, enter the value.

Typewriter font

Used for field entries to type in or field options to select from and for displayed field values. UNIX input and output also appear in this font as well.

Example: In the Parameter field, select annoC017 .

Bold

Used to emphasize elements within the text.

Example: This is especially important.

[Bold]

Used to identify command buttons.

Example: Confirm this message by clicking on [OK].

Italics

Used to identify menus, menu items, and menu paths within the text.

Example: On the menu bar, select FilePrint ...

Green underlined

Indicates a link to another topic.

Green

Indicates a glossary term or abbreviation. You can click this text to display the definition in another smaller window.

Text     

Represents a link back to the content list at the top of the topic.

		Hint/Note
		This symbol identifies supplementary information about the current topic. This supplementary information may give useful tips on operation, explanations, the description of master conditions or similar information.

		Caution/Warning
		This symbol indicates a warning. If the instructions given are not observed, errors such as data loss can occur. To avoid errors, always observe all the instructions following a warning.

How to Navigate through the Help Topics     

The help system divides the window of your browser into two panes, the navigation pane on the left and the content pane on the right.

If your browser shows only the content pane, click in the top left of the pane to show the navigation pane.

The Navigation Pane

You can display a list of contents or the help index by clicking the Contents or Index tab at the top of the navigation pane.

On the Contents tab, clicking a list entry opens the linked topic in the content pane. When you click a link in the content pane, the entry corresponding to the target in the table of contents is highlighted. This helps you to identify the context of the particular topic.

Book icons denote topics that contain subtopics. Click a book icon to expand the view.

In the Index tab you have to double-click the entry in order to open the topic. Since the index may be fairly long, you can use the text field at the top of the index. Type in the first few letters of a word and scroll the list. The first matching entry is highlighted.

The Content Pane

The gray area at the top of the content pane always shows the topic title.

Above the topic title, various icons may appear, which are explained in the following:

 

Click these icons to hide and show the navigation pane.

  

If you see a pair of these icons, the topic is part of a sequence of topics that together represent an information unit. By clicking the blue arrows, you can follow the sequence.

		Hint
		For information about embedded links, see the Conventions and Symbols section.