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# Parts of the Online Help System

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This online help system has two main components: a Navigator window, which includes controls for finding topics, and a Topic window, to display the help topic. With a single click, you can "dock" or "undock" these components so they appear in separate windows (Figure: Undocked Help System) or together as separate panes in a single window (Figure: Docked Help System).

Click Undock (or select Tools > Undock from the Help menu) to display the help system in separate windows.

Undocked Help System

Click Dock (or select Tools > Dock from the Topic window menu) to display the help system in separate panes in a single window.

Docked Help System

This section includes information on:

- Using the Navigator Window

- Using the Help Topic Window

## Using the Navigator Window

The Navigator window is a tabbed control for navigating and finding topics in the help system. The Navigator window contains the following tabs:

- Contents – Display the Table of Contents for each topic in the help system.

- Index – Use the Index to find specific topics.

- Search – Use the Full-text Search to search for specific information.

## Using the Help Topic Window

The Topic window displays the help content. Some topics allow you to "page" to the previous or next topic. In addition, some topics contain direct links to related information.

Figure: Help Topic Window shows the following parts of the Topic window:

1. Previous and Next topic buttons

2. Related topics list

Help Topic Window

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When using an "undocked" the help system (see Figure: Undocked Help System), click the Navigator button to display the Help navigator (see "Using the Navigator Window").