Using the Contents and Index Tabs

The left pane of the Help browser is the display area for most of the Help system’s main navigation tools, including the Contents and Index tabs.

Contents Tab

The Contents tab displays a complete hierarchical list of all topics in the Help system. This lets you quickly see the overall organization of the Help system.

You can expand and collapse the contents to view the logical organization of the Help system, and you can move to any topic by clicking its entry in the Contents.

When you move to a new topic, the contents expands to the level of that topic and highlights the topic. This feature, like the hierarchy links at the top of each topic, lets you see exactly where the current topic is positioned within the logical organization of the Help system.

To display a topic from the contents:

Click the Contents tab, and then click a topic’s entry in the contents.

To expand or close a section in the contents:

Click the Contents tab, and then click a book icon to the left of a link.

Index Tab

The Index provides an alphabetized list of entries similar to the index of a printed book.

If Java is enabled in your browser, the Index displays as a dynamic index where the listing scrolls as you type a word in the text box. If you do not have Java enabled in your browser, or if your browser does not support Java implementations, a JavaScript version of the index displays, which lets you scroll manually through the entries.

To find topics by using the Index tab:

1 Click the Index tab.

2 Click the first character of the topic in the Numerics, Letters, Symbols list.

To view the topic associated with an index entry:

Click the index entry.