Notes 8.5.3
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You can get help that is specific to many of the tasks you are performing, or you can open complete Help on all areas of IBM® Lotus Notes®.
You can view IBM Lotus Notes help in the following ways:
Depending on how you are viewing help, you can customize your help experience. For example, in the Dynamic Help pane, you can define other search engines and add Web searches to your search scope. In the Help Contents window, you can bookmark favorite topics. You can refine your search scope in both Help interfaces.
Performing a simple Help search
You can search Help from either the Dynamic Help pane or the Help Contents window. Specify a term to search on, such as "schedule a meeting" and then click Go. (If you are searching from Dynamic Help, click the Search link at the bottom of the Help pane first.)
The Dynamic Help pane
Dynamic (context-sensitive) help is available in most areas of Lotus Notes including dialog boxes and properties boxes. To see it, press F1, choose , or click the question mark on any dialog box or properties box.
Refining your search
Use these steps to refine your search so that you search only specified topics.
Extending the search scope
You can broaden your search scope to include an information center or Web searches. If your organization has an internal Web site with customized help for Lotus Notes applications, you can include that as a search scope.
Viewing bookmarked topics
Although you cannot bookmark a topic in the Dynamic Help pane (you must create bookmarks from the Help Contents window), you can view topics you have bookmarked. To see a list of bookmarked topics, click Bookmarks:
The Help Contents window
To see all the Help available, choose All Topics link to display all topics in the Dynamic Help pane.
from the main menu. When you do, Help opens in its own window. If you are in Dynamic Help and you want to see a full list of topics, click theRefining the search results
To refine your search to search only specified topics.
Bookmarking a topic
In the Help Contents window, you can bookmark topics that you want to return to frequently.
Viewing bookmarked topics
When you bookmark a topic, the bookmark does not display in the list of topics. To see a list of bookmarked topics, click the Bookmarks button:
Locating a topic in the table of contents
If you have followed links to a topic of interest and would like to see where this topic is located in the table of contents, click the Show in Table of Contents icon .