Windows Media Player Help provides conceptual and how-to information about using the Player. The following table lists a number of tips and tricks for using Help effectively.
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Do this |
| Show Help topics |
- On the Help menu, click Help Topics.
- When using Windows Media Player, press F1.
- In a Windows Media Player dialog box, click the Help button.
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| Browse topics |
- Click the Contents tab.
- Click a book or topic title.
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| Search for an index entry |
- Click the Index tab.
- In the box, type a word or phrase that you want to search for.
- Double-click an index entry.
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| Search for a word or phrase in a topic |
- Click the Search tab.
- In the box, type a word or phrase that you want to search for.
- To limit search results, do any of the following:
- Enclose the phrase or multiple words in quotation marks to limit the search to topics in which those words appear next to each other.
- Click the right arrow button to insert Boolean operators (AND, OR, NEAR, NOT).
- Select or clear the Search previous results, Match similar words, or Search titles only check boxes.
- Click List Topics, and then double-click a topic title to view it.
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| Refine a previous search |
- Click the Search tab.
- In the box, type the new word or phrase you want to search for.
- Select the Search previous results check box.
- Click List Topics.
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| Sort the search results |
- Click the Search tab.
- Perform a search.
- Click the Title or Rank column headings.
Topics are ranked by the number of times the item you searched for appears in the topic.
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| Turn on or off search highlight |
- Click the Options button, and then click Search Highlight On or Search highlight Off.
- Press F5 to refresh the screen.
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| To print one or more topics |
- Click the Contents tab.
- Right-click the book or topic that you want to print, and then click Print.
- Select one of the print options.
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| To expand or collapse all books |
- Click the Contents tab.
- Right-click a book or topic, and then click Open all or Close all.
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