These topics describe a help window, introduce hyperlinks, and explain how help topics are organized. Home Topic topic tree, defined topic display area, defined 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. Any underlined text is a hyperlink. You use hyperlinks to &dquote;jump&dquote; to other topics (see ). &sigspace; A general help window has these buttons: 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. Home Topic hyperlinks, types of graphic hyperlink underline, in hyperlinks 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: A solid underscore indicates a standard hyperlink that is displayed in the current window or a new window.

A dashed underscore indicates that the help topic will be displayed in a smaller pop-up window.

&sigspace; 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 . &sigspace; To select topics or hyperlinks using the keyboard, see . &sigspace; Home Topic help topic, defined help volume, defined help topics, how organized help family 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. Home Topic The top-level topic in a volume is called the home topic. It is the first topic in a help volume. 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 . Home Topic