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<title>Using the Help Window</title>
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<h1 id="help_window_top">Using the Help Window</h1>
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<p>This section describes how to use the Help window (the entire window in
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which this text and the Sidebar on the left are displayed).</p>
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<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
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<li><a href="#finding_the_topic_you_want">Finding the Topic You Want</a></li>
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<li><a href="#retracing_your_steps">Retracing Your Steps</a></li>
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<li><a href="#search_tips">Search Tips</a></li>
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<h2 id="finding_the_topic_you_want">Finding the Topic You Want</h2>
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<p>When you're viewing the Help window, click the tabs in the left frame to view
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the Help contents in different ways:</p>
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<li><strong>Contents</strong> shows the list of main topics.<br/>
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Click a topic to read about it. Double-click to see its subtopics.</li>
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<li><strong>Search</strong> lets you search the Help files.<br/>
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Type a word or phrase and press Enter to see related topics. Then click
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the topic you want to read about.<br/><br/>
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If your search doesn't return any topics, try typing fewer words or a
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different combination of words.</li>
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<li><strong>Index</strong> lists topics alphabetically.<br/>Click an index entry
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to view information on that topic.</li>
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<li><strong>Glossary</strong> lists definitions alphabetically.<br/>Click
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a glossary term to see its definition.</li>
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<p>To see information related to the Help topic you are reading, click
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links in the Help window just as you would in a regular web page.</p>
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<h2 id="retracing_your_steps">Retracing Your Steps</h2>
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<p>To retrace your steps in Help, click the buttons near the top left corner of
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<p><img src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0/help-buttons.png" alt="" width="209" height="43"/></p>
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<li>Click the Show/Hide Sidebar button to show and hide the Sidebar contained
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on the left side of the Help Window.</li>
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<li>Click the Back button to move back through pages you have previously
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visited. It works just like the Back button in the main &brandShortName;
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<li>Click the Forward button to move forward through pages you have previously
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visited. It works just like the Forward button in the main &brandShortName;
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<li>Click the Home button to see the Help and Support Center, which includes
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links to support options and web-based resources.</li>
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<p>Alternatively, print the instructions you want to follow:</p>
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<li>To print the whole page that's currently displayed in the Help window,
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click the Print button near the top-right corner of the Help window:<br/>
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<img src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0/print.png" alt="" width="38" height="43"/></li>
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<li>To print just a portion of the page, first click and drag to select the
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area you want to print and then click the Print button.</li>
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<h2 id="search_tips">Search Tips</h2>
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<p>If you aren't finding what you want in your search, here are a few helpful tips:</p>
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<li>Be sure that you are searching for something that relates to
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&brandShortName;; this is not a general Internet search.</li>
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<li>Try to broaden your search - don't be too specific; terms
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could be worded differently than your search.</li>
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<li>Avoid being too broad with your search: words like "&brandShortName;"
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and "&vendorShortName;" could possibly return all of the pages in the help file.</li>
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<div class="contentsBox"><em>16 September 2004</em></div>
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<p>Copyright © 2003-2004 Contributors to the Mozilla Help Viewer Project.</p>