Throughout the help are links that you can click to move to another page or to another section of the current page. After visiting a link, you can use your browser's Back button to return to the help page that you were reading. There are three types of links in help pages.

Types of links in Help pages

Common components of each help page

To make it easy to use the help system, every help page contains certain common components.

Banner

At the top of the page is a colored banner identifying the help system and the language in which the help page is written.

Topic path

Beneath the banner is a single line in small font, showing the topic hierarchy that leads to the current page. If the current topic has parent topics, you can click on any of the parent topic names to go to the corresponding help page.

Title block

Beneath the topic path is a title block identifying the current help page.

Search controls

A search field is displayed at the top left of each help page, allowing full-text search across all of the help topics in the application. Enter the word or phrase to search for, and click Search. Advanced search options are available from the search results page.


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NOTE: Search capability is not provided for all help systems.


Page table of contents

Some help pages contain multiple sections. The section title inside a colored banner marks the beginning of each major section. The page table of contents is a list of link lines that point to the start of each section. On pages that contain multiple sections, the page table of contents appears directly under the title block.

Navigation links

At the left side of the page is a block of link lines arranged as a topic outline. The link line corresponding to the current page is dimmed and inactive. As you move through the help system, the outline automatically expands or collapses, depending on the position of the current help page. The following navigation links are always shown:

These navigation links are designed to make it easy to get to other topics that are closely related to the current topic, without cluttering the left navigation with unrelated topics. If you want to see the entire outline of topics and subtopics, click the Table of Contents link at the top of the navigation links.

The following standard links are included at the top and bottom of the navigation link lines.

Standard Navigation Links (top)

Standard Navigation Links (bottom)