Online help topics are contained in several documentation collections. The source of a help topic is identified in the title bar above the content window.
To navigate the help:
Select Help|Help Contents from the main menu bar to open the help.
From the online help bookshelf, select the collection that you want to view.
Expand the collection to find the topic that you want to see.
To view the topic, click its link.
Use the Go Forward and Go Back buttons to return to topics you have previously viewed.
To synchronize the navigator with the current topic, click Show in Table of Contents
.Synchronizing is useful if you follow several links or perform a search and you want to match the navigation tree with the current topic.
To search all documentation collections:
Enter a query in the Search field.
Use the following rules to enter a query:
Use AND to require the term on each side of the AND operator be present in the topic. There is an implied AND between search terms. Topics that contain every term in the query are listed in the search. For example, if you enter database service, topics that contain both the term database and the term service display. Topics that contains only the term service or only the term database do not display.
Use OR before optional terms. For example, if you enter database OR service, topics that contain either the term database or the term service display.
Use NOT before a term that you want to exclude from the search results. For example, database NOT service displays topics that contain the term database, but do not contain the term service.
Use ? to match any single character. For example, plu? displays topics that contain plug.
Use * to match any set of characters, including an empty string. For example, plu* displays topics that contain plug or plugin.
Use double quotation marks to enclose a term that is to be treated as a phrase. For example, "edit menu" displays topics with this entire term, not topics with only the term edit or the term menu.
Case is ignored. For example, database service displays database service, Database Service, and DATABASE SERVICE.
Punctuation acts as a term delimiter. For example, web.xml displays topics that contain web.xml, web, and xml. To display only topics that contain web.xml, enclose the term in double quotes.
In a search query, if you enter create, topics that contain create, creates, creating, and creation are displayed. To only see the term create, enclose the term in double quotes.
The following English words are ignored in search queries: a, and, are, as, at, be, but, by, in, into, is, it, no, not, of, on, or, s, such, t, that, the, their, then, there, these, they, to, was, will, with.
Click Go.
The search results display in the Search Results pane.
To narrow a search:
Click Search Scope.
The Select Search Scope dialog box appears.
Select Search only the following topics.
Click New.
The New Search List dialog box appears.
Type a descriptive name for your search in the List name field.
Select the topics you want to search in the Topics to search section.
Selecting a top-level checkbox extends the scope of the search to all subtopics. Use the plus and minus signs to the left of topics to expand and collapse the associated subtopics.
Click OK.
The Select Search Scope dialog box appears with your selection highlighted.
Click OK.
Click GO.
The search results display in the Search Results pane.
Note
The narrowed search scope remains in effect for future searches until it is changed.
To search from the main toolbar:
Click Search
. The Search dialog box appears.
Select the Help Search tab.
Type an expression in the Search expression field.
From the Search expression drop-down list, you can choose to either repeat or modify a recent search.
In the Scope section, select All or Working Set.
All searches all documentation collections; Working Set limits the scope to specific documentation collections.
If Working Set is selected, click Choose.
The Select Working Set dialog box appears.
Select a working set from the Select a working set list.
Click OK.
Note
If no working sets are defined in the Select a working set list, refer to steps 3-8 of To narrow a search to create a working set.
Use the following key combinations to navigate the help system using the keyboard:
To go to the next link, button, or topic, press Tab inside a frame (page).
To expand/collapse a tree node, press Right/Left arrows.
To move to the next topic node, press Down arrow or Tab
To move to the previous topic node, press Up arrow or Shift+Tab
To scroll all the way up or down, press Home or End.
To go back, press Alt+Left arrow; to go forward press Alt+Right arrow.
To go to the next topic, press Ctrl+Tab.
There are many topics in the help system.
To move to previous topic, press Shift+Ctrl+Tab.
To print the current page or active topic, press Ctrl+p.