If you try to do something that can’t be done, you will hear a “beep”. A beep also can sound when you are using a form whose use could be optimized in some way (beeps in Full Mode only).
The actual beep can be turned off via the Control Panel (Apple menu). In this case, the menu bar will flash instead.
When a beep sounds, you can select “Why?” from the Apple menu. This will give you a small alert box with a brief explanation. Click “OK” to continue.
Sometimes you will hear a beep, and no “Why?” message will be available. This is because the beep was generated by the Macintosh, and not by Helix. An example would be trying to use the Notepad with the System disk locked.
