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Help on Help

The latest up-to-date Help is available on the Micro Focus Infocenter on the Web, at http://documentation.microfocus.com. Alternatively, you can display the Help locally from the Help menu in the IDE, or from the Start menu.

Help in the Infocenter

Tips on using the Infocenter Help:

You can specify the scope of Help to search, by creating your own search lists. To do this, click Search scope and follow the wizard instructions.
The Help topic being displayed can get out of step with the contents, such as when you choose the topic from a search or when you link to it from another topic. To show where the topic appears in the contents, click on the toolbar.

You can navigate the Help using the following keystrokes:

Alt+left arrow/Alt+right arrow	Go back/forward.
Alt+C	Move to the Contents tab.
Alt+K	Move to the topic content frame.
Alt+R	Move to the Search Results tab.
Alt+S	Move to the search entry field.
Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+F6 depending on your browser	Go to the next frame or toolbar.
Left arrow/Right arrow	Collapse/Expand a tree node or move left/right between tabs depending on the keyboard focus.
Shift+Ctrl+Tab or Shift+Ctrl+F6 depending on your browser	Move to the previous frame or toolbar.

COBOL Help within the IDE

Tips on getting Help on COBOL when using the IDE:

COBOL syntax, library routines and Compiler directives. In the COBOL editor, put the cursor anywhere within the reserved word, routine or directive, and then press F1.
Error messages. In the output pane, put the cursor on the error message number and press F1.
Tooltips. Hover over an item in the COBOL code or over a field or control, by leaving the mouse pointer on it for a moment. A brief description of it may be displayed, either beside it or at the bottom of the window.

Note: Context help in the IDE that is provided as context help files, .HLP, might not work on versions of Windows such as Vista or later. This is because .HLP files require the Windows Help Program (WinHlp32.exe) which is not available in these versions of Windows. You need to install the Windows Help Program separately - click here to download the program.