Help functions and manuals

Introduction

There are different ways to get help and instructions in the UNICORN application:

  • From the Help menu in each module

  • From the context-sensitive help in each dialog box

  • By selecting the Online Manual from the Help menu

  • By pressing the <F1> key

  • By right-clicking an instruction in the Method Editor and selecting the What’s This? menu item

The Help menu

  • From the Help menu in each module you can access the Help file.

  • From the Help menu of the UNICORN Manager module you can also access the installed manuals.

The illustration below shows the Help menu of the UNICORN Manager module:

The Help file

The table below describes how to open and use the Help file:

Step

Action

1

Choose Help:Index.

Result: The Help file is displayed

2

  • Type a word you want help on in the text box in the left pane.

    Result: The closest matches are displayed in the list.

  • Select a match and click the Display button.

    Result: The associated help text is displayed in the right pane.

3

  • You can also click the Contents tab to view the contents of the Help file divided into sections.

  • Click the plus signs to expand the tree structure.

  • Click a topic to read the associated help text.

Manuals

When UNICORN was installed, the administrator selected which manuals to install. Therefore the available manuals may be different on your system than in the illustration below.

Note: Manuals can be added after the UNICORN installation. See the Administration and Technical manual for more information.

How to open a manual

To open a manual

  • choose Help:Manuals in the UNICORN Manager module.

Result: The Manuals dialog box is opened.

  • Select the manual and click the OK button.

Note: Some manuals are only available in PDF format.

Context-sensitive help

In each dialog box there is a Help button. If you press that button, either of the following will be displayed:

  • A message box with relevant information, for example the dialog box options.

  • The Help file, with relevant information displayed in the right pane.

2005-06-15