Using the Online Help

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Navigation pane...The Online Help is divided into two main sections:

• Left pane: The navigation pane appears on the left side of the window and displays four tabs: Table of Contents, Index, Glossary, and Search. These tabs are the core navigational features of the Online Help.

• Right pane: A topic on the right displays the actual Online Help topics.

The Table of Contents tab is displayed by default. This tab provides a listing of available Help topics. When you click a closed book, it opens to display its topics. The topics are arranged as per the menu items available in the PCC.NET application. Click a topic to view it in the right-hand pane.

The Index tab displays the index entries. To search a keyword, you can type the first few letters of the keyword in the text box or scroll the list to locate a keyword. Click the keyword to display the corresponding Help topic in the right-hand pane.

Use the Search tab to search for a specific term appearing in  any of the Online Help topics. Unlike the Index, which lists author-defined keywords, Search lists words used within the topics.  Enter a keyword in the text box and click Enter. You can:

• Search for Individual words.

• Use Phrases within quotes (“”) to look for an exact match.

The Search option displays a list of all the Online Help topics that contain the word or phrase you entered. The topics are displayed in order of relevance. Click a topic in the list to display the corresponding Help topic in the right-hand pane, with each word in the search string highlighted.

Notes:

• To remove highlighting, clear the Highlight search results check box.

• The search string is not case-sensitive.

Use the Glossary tab to find a definition of a term. The Glossary provides a list of terms and definitions specific to the Online Help.

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Use the Expand and Collapse icon to expand contents of all of the drop-down text in the topic and then print it.

Use the print icon on the header panel to print a Topic displayed on Right pane. Refer to Printing Help Topics section of this Online Help, for details.

Use the eLearning video icon on the header of the Online Help to navigate to a list of eLearning videos, which lends an insight into some of the important functions of the transaction modules of PCC.NET, for the module concerned.

You get this option in those modules only, where eLearning videos are available for view and download.

Navigating between topics

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Expand/Collapse: Appears in between the Left pane and Right pane of the Online help. Click the button to hide the Left Navigation pane, and click the button to show the pane again.

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Back and Forward: Appears at the top-left of all topics. Click the button to view the previously visited help topic.Each click takes you back to the preceding topic you visited. You can go forward again by clicking the button. Each click moves you forward until you have reached the last page you visited.

Return

Return link: Appears at the bottom-right of some topics. Click the link to return back to the last visited help topic.

Related Topics: Appears at the bottom-left of some topics. Click on the topic links available under this section to navigate to the related topic you want to view.

Navigating within topics

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Expanded text: Click to display a definition that expands inline with the rest of the paragraph.

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Link: Click underscored text to jump to the respective topic. Links in the header of a topic, called breadcrumbs, link to the particular topic or the first topic in the table of contents within the particular book.

Clicking the underscored text preceded by a plus sign, will display drop-down text and text preceded by a minus sign will hide the drop-down text.

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Expand/collapse drop-down text: Click the underlined text following the twisty to display or hide drop-down text.

Thumbnail image: Click the icon to open a popup displaying a screen-capture. Hovering over the icon displays the tooltip Click to view screen-capture.

Note: Provides additional related information about a topic or alternate means of performing a task.

Tip: Provides a shortcut or an alternate means of performing a task.