** File: Base9.hlp
** Index: 19

** Base View's Help Menu commands


Û  How to use TechPlot help system

    The Help Menu gives you access to the
TechPlot on-line help system in a special
dialog box.

    To open the TechPlot Help dialog box,
do one of the following actions:

    þ Press <F1> at any time except from
      a dialog box or when a menu command
      is selected.

    þ Choose one of the command under the
      Help Menu, except About command.

    To close the TechPlot Help dialog box,
press <ESC> or click the Done button in
the dialog box.

    The TechPlot Help dialog box contains
several buttons and an inputline.

  þ File Viewer:  This is the area that
    displays the help file text.  You can
    use up and down arrow keys or <Page Up>
    and <Page Dn> keys to scroll the text
    in the File Viewer.

  þ Index Button:  Click this button to
    display the TechPlot help index list
    file which contains a full list of help
    topics.

  þ Previous Button:  Click this button to
    display the help file which has the
    index preceding the current index.  For
    example, if the current index is 5,
    then the previous index is 4.  The
    index of the TechPlot Index file is 0.

  þ Next Button:  Click this button to
    display the help file which has the
    index one greater than the current
    index.

  þ Topic Button:  Click this button to
    display the TechPlot help topic list
    file which contains a full list of help
    topics.

  þ Current Index:  This inputline has two
    functions:
      1) it displays the current topic
         index;
      2) it can be used as the input for a
         special index request by the user.

  þ View Button:  Click this button to view
    the help topic that has the index shown
    in the Current Index inputline.

  þ Done Button:  Click this button to
    close the TechPlot Help dialog box.


Û  Index

    This command opens the TechPlot Help
dialog box with the tpindex.hlp in the 
Viewer.  The pgindex.hlp contains a full 
list of help topics.  Each topic has a 
unique index which corresponds to a help 
file.  You can type in a proper index in
the Current Index field and click on the
View button to view that help topic.


Û  Keyboard

    Keyboard related help information:
Hot keys and short cuts.

Û About

    This command displays a dialog box
that shows the copyright and version 
information for TechPlot.  Press <ESC> or
click OK button to close the dialog box.


