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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Help for MineSweeper Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use these choices to find out how to use help, to get extended help, to go to a
- list of keys, or to go to the help index.
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- Help for help
- Provides detailed information on the kinds of help available and how to
- use help.
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- Extended help
- Displays general help.
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- Keys help
- Displays a list of keys.
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- Help index
- Displays the help index.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Help for Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use this choice to obtain information on how to use the Help facility.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Help for Extended Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use this choice to obtain general information on the tasks you can perform
- while you are viewing a help window.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Help for Help Index ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use this choice to display the help index.
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- The help index lists the titles of the help information that is available.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Help for Keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use this choice to see a list of keys and a description of the function of the
- keys.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. How to Play MineSweeper ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- How to play
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- MineSweeper is a game of luck and strategy. The object is to clear every tile
- on the grid. To clear a tile, either "step" on it by clicking with mouse
- button 1, or "mark" it by clicking with mouse button 2. You step on tiles that
- you believe have no mine, and you mark tiles that you believe DO have mines.
- (Note that you can unmark a marked tile by reclicking mouse button 2.)
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- Cleared tiles are indicated with either an , which means that you've marked
- that tile as containing a mine, or with a digit (such as or ) which means that
- you've stepped on that tile.
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- These digits are key. They indicate how many of the eight adjacent tiles
- contain mines. A tile has only one mine adjacent to it, for example.
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- A blank tile () indicates that NO adjacent tiles contain mines. If you step on
- one of these, the surrounding eight tiles are "stepped on" automatically also,
- as a convenience. If one of those eight tiles is also blank, the process
- repeats recursively. This is the cause of those exciting cascades that happen
- now and then.
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- The first few moves of a game depend on luck. After them, however, strategy
- comes in to play: deduce the contents of tiles from the surrounding,
- already-exposed ones.
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- For example: If the grid had the following sequence of tiles:
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- ,
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- you could deduce that the blank tile was in fact safe to step on, since the one
- adjacent mine was already accounted for by the marked tile.
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- Your final score depends on the complexity of the grid and the length of time
- you take to solve it. The ten top scores are saved.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Help for Key Assignments ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The list of keys is arranged in groups.
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- ACCELERATOR KEYS
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- Alt-x
- Exit program
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- HELP KEYS
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- F1
- Get help
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- F2
- Get extended help (from within any help window)
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- Alt+F4
- End help
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- F9
- Go to a list of keys (from within any help window)
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- F11
- Go to the help index (from within any help window)
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- Esc
- Previous Help Panel, or End help if only one panel
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- Alt+F6
- Go to/from help and programs
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- Shift+F10
- Get help for help
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- SYSTEM KEYS
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- Alt+F6
- Switch to the next windowed program
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- Alt+Esc
- Switch to the next program, including full-screen programs
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- Ctrl+Esc
- Switch to the Task List
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- WINDOW KEYS
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- F3
- Close a window
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- F10
- Go to/from the action bar
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- Arrow keys
- Move among choices
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- End
- Go to the last choice in a pull-down
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- Esc
- Cancel a pull-down or the system menu
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- Home
- Go to the first choice in a pull-down
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- PgUp
- Scroll the contents of the window up one page
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- PgDn
- Scroll the contents of the window down one page
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- Underlined letter
- Move among the choices on the action bar and pull-downs
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- Alt+F10
- Go to/from the action bar
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- Alt+F4 or F3
- Close the window
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- Alt+F5
- Restore the window
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- Alt+F7
- Move the window
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- Alt+F8
- Size the window
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- Alt+F9
- Minimize the window
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- Alt+F10
- Maximize the window
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- Ctrl+PgDn or Shift+F8
- Scroll the contents of the window right one page
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- Ctrl+PgUp or Shift+F7
- Scroll the contents of the window left one page
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- Shift+Esc or Alt+Spacebar
- Go to/from the system menu
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- Shift+Esc or Alt
- Go to/from the system menu of a text window
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