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What are the features of Apple Help? How do you navigate in Apple Help?
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Apple Help, new with Mac OS 8.5, is an on-screen help system that lets you search for and display information about Mac OS and its associated technologies like AppleScript. Apple Help includes the Help Viewer application which reads HTML-based help files, connects to other help sites on the Internet, and provides links that automatically open files and perform tasks. Apple Help can be enhanced with custom help files and, since it's searchable and its files are stored on the hard disk, it's the fastest and easiest way to locate information about Mac OS.
Apple Help requires QuickTime 3.
To open Apple Help, select Help Center from the Help menu. The following window opens:
You can quickly access Apple Help for specific topic by using an item's contextual menu. To do this, hold down the Control key while clicking on the item, and select Help from the contextual menu that appears.
The Help Center window displays the available help files. Mac OS 8.5 includes AppleScript Help and Mac OS Help. To view Mac OS Help, click its link in the Help Center window:
To view information about a topic, click its name in the left column. Additional information about that topic appears in the right column of the window. Click the information you want to view and it appears within the Help Viewer window.
The Previous and Next page buttons at the top left side of the window allow you to navigate the help viewer information. Clicking the Home button opens the Help Center and displays the available help information.
To search for a particular topic, type the topic or keywords in the search field at the top of the window. For example, if you wanted to get more information about accessing the Internet, you could type "How do I access the Internet?" and click the Search button. After a few moments, a list of search results appears sorted by relevancy:
Apple Help can assist you in performing the tasks described in the topic information. Where you see the words "Open the <item> for me," you can click the link to have Apple Help open the file. Likewise, where you see the words "Help me...", you can click the link to have Apple Help assist you step-by-step through the task described. For example, clicking the link "Show me how to configure my TCP/IP settings" opens the Apple Guide with instructions on how to perform the task:
