Using the Help

This system provides several ways for you to get help with a form, a field or other component on a form, or procedures to accomplish various tasks. This system makes extensive use of context-sensitive help, which allows you to easily get help when and where you need it, so you can get back to the task at hand.

To get help on a form, with focus on the form, select Help > Current Form.

To get help with a field, button, menu, or other component of a form, do any of these:

  • Right-click on the component and select Help.
  • With focus on the component, select Help > Current Field.
  • With focus on the component, press F1.

Field-level help is available on some, but not all, forms.  In most cases where field-level help is not available, there is a Related Topics link to a process topic that describes the fields.

To get general help or to browse the help, select Help > Contents and Search.

To search for a phrase, open the help and click the Search tab. Specify a term or phrase and press Enter. To reduce the number of results, be as specific as possible. To search for an exact phrase, enclose the phrase in quotation marks.

When you open more than one context-sensitive help topic during a session, the new help topic either displays in the same tab or window, or it opens a new tab or window, according to the default option you set for your browser.

To get background and technical information about the current form, with focus on the form, select Help > About This Form.

You can also print topics.

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