Using Help

In developing XFX 3, one of our primary goals was to make the interfaces as easy to use as possible. However, some features may not be immediately apparent, so we hope you take some time to at least page quickly through the manual. That way, you won’t miss any of XFX 3’s creative potential.

Graphical conventions

The following icons are used throughout this Help file:

Symbol

Meaning

Drop-down text: click to display more information.

Note: provides additional related information about a topic.

Tip: provides a shortcut or an alternate means of performing a task in XFX.

Warning: Important information that you need to know before performing a task.

The Help window

Simply press F1 or choose Help from the main XFX shortcut menu to view the online help (but then, you're reading this, so you've figured that out already).

The Contents tab

The Contents tab provides a categorized listing of available help topics. Click a book to open it, and click the topic page you want to view. The topic is displayed in the right-hand pane.

The Index tab

The Index tab provides a complete listing of the help topics available. Use the scroll bar to scroll through the list of available topics or type a word in the text box to quickly locate topics related to the word. Select a topic and click the Display button.

The Search tab

The Search tab allows you to enter a keyword and display all of the topics in the online help that contain the keyword you have entered. Type a keyword in the text box and click the List Topics button. Select a topic from the list and click the Display button.

The Favorites tab

The Favorites tab allows you to easily return to topics that you use often. To view a topic from the Favorites tab, select the topic in the Topics list and click the display button. To add a topic to the Favorites tab, simply click the Add button. To remove a topic, select the topic in the Topics list and click the Remove button.

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