Click the Close button in the upper left corner of the window. -or-Press ESC.The Microsoft Advisor displays information in windows or dialog boxes. Help windows and dialog boxes function in the same way as other windows and dialog boxes found in PWB and CodeView. For a complete description of windows and dialog boxes, see Chapter 4, “User Interface Details.”
The Help window displays various contents, indexes, and information about selected topics. Some screens of information are larger than the Help window; information beyond the window borders can be viewed by using the scroll bars or the cursor-movement keys. The -- symbol indicates the end of information in the Help window.
At the top of most Help windows is a row of hyperlink buttons that are useful for moving through the Help system:
| Button | Description |
| <Up> | Moves upward in the hierarchy of Help screens. Since information is ordered in a logical way, moving from the general to the specific, this command is useful for moving up the information tree. |
| <Contents> | Displays the global contents screen. This command is useful because it returns you to a known point in the Help hierarchy. For some Help databases, the Contents button goes to that database's contents. |
| <Index> | Displays the global index list. Selecting an item from the list displays the index for that category. When you are viewing an index for a particular category, the letters on the bar across the top of the screen are hyperlinks. For some Help databases, the Index button goes to that database's index. |
| <Back> | Moves you to the last Help you saw. |
The Contents and Index commands on the Help menu always display the global Contents and Index screens.
Screens on a particular topic are frequently grouped together in a Help file. You can press CTRL+F1 to display information about the next physical topic in the Help file.
The Microsoft Advisor remembers the last 20 Help screens you've accessed. To return to a previous screen, use the <Back> button or press ALT+F1 as many times as necessary to return to the screen you want to see. The Help screen that appears is active; you can ask for Help on any of its hyperlinks or topics.
You can always return to the global Contents screen by choosing Contents from the Help menu or by pressing SHIFT+F1.
Any text that appears in the PWB Help window can easily be copied to another window. For example, to test an example program from the Help window, you only have to copy it to a new file and compile it. You select and copy text in the Help window just as you do for any other window in PWB.
If you are using QuickHelp, you cannot cut and paste directly into your text editor. However, you can use the commands in the QuickHelp Paste menu to extract predetermined portions of the Help screen to a file. To change the name of the paste file, choose Rename Paste File from the File menu.
Once you're through working with the Help system, you can close the active Help window.
·To close the Help window:
Click the Close button in the upper left corner of the window. -or-Press ESC.
Help dialog boxes provide information about menu commands and dialog boxes. A Help dialog box appears over the windows on the desktop. Unlike the Help window, a Help dialog box must be closed before you can continue. The Cancel button closes the Help dialog box.
·To view information about a dialog box:
Click the Help button in the dialog box. -or-Press F1.
·To close a Help dialog box:
Click the Cancel button. -or-Press ESC.