Using the Help Viewer

The Commerce Server 2000 Help system uses HTML to format and display information. The Help Viewer provides a table of contents, an index, and a full-text search feature so that you can find information easily. Book icons open to reveal sub-books and topics.

To expand the table of contents and view topics within a book, click the expand indicator (+) next to a book title. When you click the collapse indicator (-), the topics are hidden. Using the Help Viewer, you are able to see the table of contents, index, or search results at the same time you are viewing a Help topic.

The Help Viewer also includes a Favorites tab, which you can use to bookmark topics. This enables you to quickly display topics that you refer to often.

To learn more about Commerce Server, you can use the table of contents to browse through the documentation. When you click a topic in the table of contents, information is displayed in the content pane of the Help window.

In the Help Viewer, the following browse and search options are available:

  • Contents tab

    1. To browse the table of contents, click the Contents tab. Double-click the book icons to reveal topic entries and sub-books.

    2. Click a table-of-contents entry to display the corresponding topic.

  • Index tab

    1. To see a list of index entries, click the Index tab, and then either type a word or scroll through the list. Topics are often indexed under more than one entry.

    2. Double-click an index entry to display the corresponding topic.

  • Search tab

    1. To locate every occurrence of a word or phrase, click the Search tab, type the word or phrase for which you want to search, and then click List Topics. To make your search results more specific, you can combine multiple words or phrases with AND, OR, NEAR, or NOT.

    2. Double-click a search results entry to display the corresponding topic.

    For more information about searching for a topic, seeĀ Searching for a Help Topic.

  • Favorites tab

    1. To bookmark a topic, use the Contents, Index, or Search tabs to locate and then display a topic.

    2. Click the Favorites tab, and click Add to save the topic title to the Topics list.

    3. Double-click a bookmark in the Topics list to quickly display the topic.

See Also

Searching for a Help Topic

Bookmarking a Help Topic

Printing a Help Topic

Copying a Help Topic

Using Language Filtering

Help Viewer Keyboard Shortcuts


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