Help

Preferences

Using the Preferences dialog box, specify how you want help to display:

Opening the Sybase WorkSpace bookshelf

You can open the online help in an embedded Web browser from a variety of locations. You can also use an external Web browser.

See Online Help Access below for more information.

Opening the Help view

A dynamic Help view provides context-sensitive help for the current task. In wizards, preference windows, launch configurations, searches and other multi-page dialog boxes, you can press F1 again to update the Help view contents as you progress from page to page.

Printing a help topic

Print selected topics by clicking the Print Page icon in the toolbar.

Searching for a topic

Use the Search feature to locate topics based on key words. You can perform a help search directly from the bookshelf or using the dynamic Help view.

Collections

The online help is organized into collections of topics in the online bookshelf. To identify a topic, view the topic title bar.

Glossaries

Each collection has its own glossary. To access a glossary, expand the collection category.

Breadcrumbs

A hierarchy displays at the top of each topic. You can review the hierarchical sequence of the topic you are viewing in the collection, and you can also select a category and move up the hierarchy.

To return to your original topic, click the Back arrow in the tool bar.

Tutorials

Perspectives

Choose from the following:

Editors

Click for more information about the editor page.

Cheat sheets

Click to provide additional information for that step in the workflow.

Pressing F1 (Windows)

Pressing Shift +F1 (Linux)

When you press F1 in an editor or a view, a dynamic Help view opens displaying context-sensitive help. It displays a list of links to topics that are relevant to the editor or view.