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<!-- $XConsortium: Help.sgm /main/9 1996/10/28 18:12:50 cdedoc $ -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Digital Equipment Corporation. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hewlett-Packard Company. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 International Business Machines Corp. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Novell, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 FUJITSU LIMITED. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hitachi. -->
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<Chapter Id="getting-help">
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<Title>Getting Help</Title>
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<Para>&newline;∅&newline;
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<IndexTerm>
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<Primary>getting help</Primary>
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</IndexTerm>
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<IndexTerm>
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<Primary>online help</Primary>
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</IndexTerm>
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<IndexTerm>
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<Primary>Help Manager</Primary>
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</IndexTerm>
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<IndexTerm>
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<Primary>help: key</Primary>
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</IndexTerm>
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<IndexTerm>
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<Primary>help: menu</Primary>
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</IndexTerm>
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<IndexTerm>
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<Primary>help: browsing</Primary>
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</IndexTerm>
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<IndexTerm>
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<Primary>browsing help volumes</Primary>
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</IndexTerm>
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<IndexTerm>
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<Primary>help: button</Primary>
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</IndexTerm>
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Here are the ways you can request help:</Para>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•" Role="tight">
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.1">
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<Para><Link Type="jump" Linkend="help-key">Press F1 or the Help key</Link>
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.2">
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<Para><Link Type="jump" Linkend="help-menu">Choose an item from the Help menu</Link>
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.3">
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<Para><Link Type="jump" Linkend="help-button">Click the Help button in a dialog box</Link>
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.4">
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<Para><Link Type="jump" Linkend="help-browser">Open the Help Manager to browse all the available help</Link>
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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<Sect1 Id="help-key">
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<Title>Help Key</Title>
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<Para>&newline;∅&newline;The quickest and easiest way to get help is to press the F1 key. When you
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press F1, the application you are using displays the help topic most closely
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related to your current activity.</Para>
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<Para>Some keyboards have a dedicated "Help" key which may take the place of the
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F1 key.</Para>
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<Procedure>
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<Title>More ...</Title>
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<Step>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•" Role="tight">
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.5">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="help-menu"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.6">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="help-button"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.7">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="help-browser"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</Step>
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</Procedure>
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</Sect1>
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<Sect1 Id="help-menu">
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<Title>Help Menu</Title>
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<Para>&newline;∅&newline;Most applications have a Help menu for requesting specific kinds of help.</Para>
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<Para><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Role="left" Entityref="HelpMenu"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Overview</GlossTerm> displays introductory information
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about the application&newline;<GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Tasks</GlossTerm> displays instructions for using the application
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&newline;<GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Reference</GlossTerm> displays summary information about
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application components
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&newline;<GlossTerm Role="nogloss">On Item</GlossTerm> changes the pointer to a question
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mark--click the question mark pointer on an item to display its description
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&newline;<GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Using Help</GlossTerm> displays information
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about using Help
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&newline;<GlossTerm Role="nogloss">About&sigspace;...&sigspace;</GlossTerm>displays version
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and copyright information about the application (in this case, Text Editor)</Para>
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<Para>To learn more about using help windows, choose Using Help from an application's
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Help menu. Or, you can press F1 while using a Help window.</Para>
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<Procedure>
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<Title>See Also</Title>
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<Step>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•" Role="tight">
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.8">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="help-key"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.9">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="help-button"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.10">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="help-browser"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.11">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="WindowMenuTA"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</Step>
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</Procedure>
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</Sect1>
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<Sect1 Id="help-button">
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<Title>Help Button</Title>
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<Para>&newline;∅&newline;</Para>
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<Para><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Role="left" Entityref="HelpButton"></InlineGraphic> If you need help using an application's
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dialog box, click it's Help button.</Para>
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<Para>In response, the Help Viewer displays information about the dialog box.</Para>
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<Procedure>
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<Title>See Also</Title>
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<Step>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•" Role="tight">
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.12">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="help-key"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.13">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="help-menu"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.14">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="help-browser"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</Step>
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</Procedure>
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</Sect1>
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<Sect1 Id="help-browser">
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<Title>Help Manager</Title>
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<Para>&newline;∅&newline;The Help Manager lists all the online help volumes installed on
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your system.
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</Para>
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<Procedure>
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<Title>To Display the Help Manager</Title>
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<Step>
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<OrderedList>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.15">
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<para>
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Click the Information subpanel on the Front Panel.
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</para>
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<Graphic Entityref="IMsubpnlhelp"></graphic>
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</listitem>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.15a">
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<para>Click Help Manager.</para>
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<para>The Help Viewer opens, displaying the Help Manager.</para>
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</listitem>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.16">
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<Para>Choose the "Common Desktop Environment" topic to
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display the list of help volumes for the desktop.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.17">
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<Para>Browse the list of titles. To open a volume, choose its title.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</OrderedList>
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<Para>&newline;∅&newline;</Para>
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<Para><OLink Type="JumpNewView" LocalInfo="browser SDL-RESERVED-HOMETOPIC"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Role="left" Entityref="help-control-icon" Id="HIMGR.GTH.grph.1"></InlineGraphic></OLink>&newline;To start the Help Manager from
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here,&newline;
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click this picture of the Help control.</Para>
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</Step>
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</Procedure>
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<Procedure>
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<Title>See Also</Title>
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<Step>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•" Role="tight">
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.18">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="help-key"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.19">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="help-menu"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.20">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="help-button"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</Step>
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</Procedure>
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</Sect1>
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<Sect1 Id="info-manager">
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<Title>Getting Information
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<indexterm><primary>desktop</primary><secondary>information</secondary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>displaying</primary><secondary>information</secondary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>information</primary><secondary>displaying</secondary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>online documentation</primary><secondary>displaying</secondary></indexterm>
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</title>
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<para>
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The Information Manager allows you to browse and search large collections
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of online documents containing graphics and hypertext links. These collections
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are referred to as "information libraries". An information library
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consists of a collection of book cases, each of which contains a
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collection of books.
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</para>
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<para>
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You can start the Information Manager by:
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<IndexTerm><Primary>Information Manager</Primary><Secondary>starting</Secondary></IndexTerm>
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.21">
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<para>
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Clicking on the Information Manager control in the Front Panel.
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</para>
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<sidebar>
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<graphic entityref="IMcontrolfp"></graphic>
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</sidebar>
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</listitem>
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<listitem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.22">
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<para>
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Clicking on the Information Manager icon in the Information Manager
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subpanel.
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</para>
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<sidebar>
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<graphic entityref="IMico"></graphic>
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</sidebar>
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</listitem>
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<listitem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.23">
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<para>
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Dragging and dropping an Information Library icon (shown in the File Manager
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window) on the Information Manager control in the Front Panel.
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</para>
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<sidebar>
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<graphic entityref="Ilibico"></graphic>
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</sidebar>
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</listitem>
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<listitem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.24">
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<para>
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Entering the <command>dtinfo</command> command from the Terminal window.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>
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When the Information Manager starts, it displays the Book List window.
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The Book List window displays the available information
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libraries.
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</para>
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<graphic entityref="BkListWin"></graphic>
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<para>
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The contents of information libraries are arranged hierarchically so
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that you progress from larger to smaller pieces of information.
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The hierarchy consists of bookcases, books, chapters, and sections.
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.25">
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<para>
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To open any item in the hierarchy, click the right arrow next to it. The
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Information Manager expands the item to show its contents.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.26">
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<para>To close an item (chapter, book, book case), click the down arrow
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next to it. The Information Manager collapses the item and removes its contents
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from the display.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem Id="HIMGR.GTH.item.27">
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<para>
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To browse a section of a book, select the section name and then click
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on the Display (Binoculars) button in the tool bar or simply
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double-click on the section's name. The Information Manager opens the
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Reading window, displaying the contents of the selected section. The
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following figure shows how text appears in the Reading window.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<graphic entityref="ReadingWin"></graphic>
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<para>
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With a section displayed, you can click the Previous Section and Next Section browse
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buttons (located in the tool bar) to move to earlier or later sections.
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</para>
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<graphic entityref="PrvNxtBrowse"></graphic>
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<para>
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By clicking on hypertext links
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(shown bold and underlined), you can move to other
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locations in the book.
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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You can keep the Book List window or the Reading window
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open for easy access while you work. You can also minimize
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these windows.
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</para>
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</note>
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</sect1>
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</Chapter>
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