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: Contents, Index, Search, and Glossary. 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 all the topics of the Online Help. Unlike the Index, which lists author-defined keywords, Search lists words used within the topics. Type a keyword in the text box and click the Submit button. You can:

• Search for Individual words.

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

The Search tab displays a list of all the topics in the Online Help that contain the word or phrase you entered. The topics are displayed in order of relevance. Double-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.

Navigating between topics

Show

Show full help system: When a topic is first opened from a PCC.NET screen, it appears in a window with a single pane showing only the topic.

Click Show in the upper left corner to display the button bar at the top and the table of contents at the left. The left pane changes according to what you click in the button bar.

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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 one step. 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 button and select the topic to which you want to jump.

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. Click on the Back button to return to the previous topic. To return back, click the breadcrumb link on top or the Return link at the bottom. If you are lost, click the Show link and access the topic from the TOC structure. 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.

The Back button of the browser window that helps in returning to the previous topic, is blocked due to security reasons.

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

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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.

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