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<Chapter Id="Concepts">
<Title>Help Concepts</Title>
<Para>These topics describe a help window, introduce hyperlinks, and explain how
help topics are organized.
</Para>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.1">
<Para><XRef Linkend="AHelpWindowAtAGlance"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.2">
<Para><XRef Linkend="Hyperlinks"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.3">
<Para><XRef Linkend="HelpTopicOrganization"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.4">
<Para><XRef Linkend="Tasks"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.5">
<Para><XRef Linkend="Table-Of-Contents"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.6">
<Para><Link Type="jump" Linkend="SDL-RESERVED-hometopic">Home Topic</Link>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Sect1 Id="AHelpWindowAtAGlance">
<Title>A Help Window at a Glance</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>topic tree, defined</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>topic display area, defined</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.7">
<Para>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.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.8">
<Para>The topic display area displays help topics.
You can scroll the topic display area or resize the
help window.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Graphic Entityref="Help4HelpGeneralHelp" Id="HH4H.CNCP.fig.1"></Graphic>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.9">
<Para>Any underlined text is a hyperlink.
You use hyperlinks to &dquote;jump&dquote; to other topics (see <XRef Linkend="Hyperlinks">).</Para>
<Para>&sigspace;</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.10">
<Para>A general help window has these buttons:</Para>
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Backtrack</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>Returns to a previous topic.</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>History</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>Lists topics and help volumes you have visited and enables you to
redisplay a topic.</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Index</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>Opens a help index that you can search to find help
on a subject.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.11">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToLocateWhereYouAre"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.12">
<Para><XRef Linkend="HelpTopicOrganization"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.13">
<Para><XRef Linkend="Concepts"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.14">
<Para><XRef Linkend="Tasks"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.15">
<Para><XRef Linkend="Table-Of-Contents"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.16">
<Para><Link Type="jump" Linkend="SDL-RESERVED-hometopic">Home Topic</Link>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="Hyperlinks">
<Title>Hyperlinks in Help Topics</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>hyperlinks, types of</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>graphic hyperlink</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>underline, in hyperlinks</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>dashed underline, in hyperlinks</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Para>A hyperlink can be a word, phrase, or graphic image. Graphic
hyperlinks are shown with an open-cornered border.</Para>
<Para>Two format styles are used to identify hyperlinks:</Para>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.17">
<Para>A solid underscore indicates a standard hyperlink that is displayed
in the current window or a new window.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Figure Id="HH4H.CNCP.fig.2">
<Title></Title>
<Graphic Entityref="Help4HelpHyperlinksS" Id="HH4H.CNCP.grph.1"></Graphic>
</Figure>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.18">
<Para>A dashed underscore indicates that the help topic will be displayed
in a smaller pop-up window.</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Figure Id="HH4H.CNCP.fig.3">
<Title></Title>
<Graphic Entityref="Help4HelpHyperlinksD" Id="HH4H.CNCP.grph.2"></Graphic>
</Figure>
<Para>&sigspace;</Para>
<Procedure>
<Title>Execution Hyperlinks</Title>
<Step>
<Para>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 Linkend="Execution-Policy">.</Para>
<Para>&sigspace;</Para>
<Para>To select topics or hyperlinks using the keyboard,
see <XRef Linkend="Mouse-And-Keyboard">.</Para>
<Para>&sigspace;</Para>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.19">
<Para><XRef Linkend="Execution-Policy"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.20">
<Para><XRef Linkend="Mouse-And-Keyboard"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.21">
<Para><XRef Linkend="DisplayingHelpTopics"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.22">
<Para><XRef Linkend="Concepts"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.23">
<Para><XRef Linkend="Tasks"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.24">
<Para><XRef Linkend="Table-Of-Contents"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.25">
<Para><Link Type="jump" Linkend="SDL-RESERVED-hometopic">Home Topic</Link>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="HelpTopicOrganization">
<Title>Help Topic Organization</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>help topic, defined</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>help volume, defined</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>help topics, how organized</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>help family</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.26">
<Para><GlossTerm Role="nogloss"> Help Volume</GlossTerm>
A help volume is a collection of topics that describe an application or
a particular subject. Typically there is one help volume per application.</Para>
<Para>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.</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="Help4HelpOrganization" Id="HH4H.CNCP.fig.4"></Graphic>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.27">
<Para><GlossTerm Role="nogloss"> Home Topic</GlossTerm>
The top-level topic in a volume is called the home topic. It is
the first topic in a help volume.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.28">
<Para><GlossTerm Role="nogloss"> Help Family</GlossTerm>
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.</Para>
<Para>To browse the list of help families available on your desktop, see <XRef Linkend="ToBrowseDesktopHelp">.</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>See Also</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.29">
<Para><XRef Linkend="DisplayingHelpTopics"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.30">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToLocateWhereYouAre"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.31">
<Para><XRef Linkend="Concepts"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.32">
<Para><XRef Linkend="Tasks"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.33">
<Para><XRef Linkend="Table-Of-Contents"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HH4H.CNCP.item.34">
<Para><Link Type="jump" Linkend="SDL-RESERVED-hometopic">Home Topic</Link>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
</Chapter>
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