Getting Help as You Work

Using ToolTips and Hints

Open the View menu, click Toolbars, and make sure that the Show ToolTips option is checked and the Hints toolbar is turned on.

• ToolTips, displayed near the mouse pointer when you pause on a tool or button, help you relate the tool's image to its name.
• The Hint toolbar gives a brief description of the tool, button, or menu item you are pointing to. The Hint toolbar also displays "Action Hints" as you draw and edit objects Action Hints guide you step-by-step through Designer procedures.
• If you are not sure what your options are while editing an object, click the right mouse button. A shortcut menu appears, containing commands that are available for the current object.

When you want more detailed information

• Click the Help button on the Standard toolbar to access information about Designer commands, terms and phrases, shortcut keys, and topics related to Designer and the Windows environment.
• When you are using a dialog box, click the help button in the lower right .

Search Techniques

The Search tab in help lets you find topics that contain words and phrases you enter. To narrow your search, use the following techniques:

• Type only the keywords you want to find.
• Use wildcard characters:
  ? - Replaces one character. For example, DS? finds both DSF and DS4.
  * - Replaces zero or more characters. For example, help* finds help, helped, helpful, and so on.
• Use the following Boolean operators:
  AND - Finds topics that contain both words. For example, computer AND monitor finds topics that contain both "computer" and "monitor."
  OR - Finds topics that contain one or both words. For example computer OR monitor will find topics that contain "computer" or "monitor" or both words.
  NOT - Finds topics that contains the first word but not the second word. For example "computer NOT monitor" finds topics that contain "computer" but not if they also contain "monitor."
• Use quotation marks to find an exact phrase. For example, "computer monitor" finds only topics that have both words in order.

Help is not case-sensitive. For example, entering BMP or bmp will yield the same results.