When you first open the help system, the help home page displays. The page includes links to important help topics, especially those topics that you can use to get started with the product. The help home page also links to other IBM, Rational, and product-specific websites where you can find more resources and information.
Home icon.The help topics are organized in
a navigation tree in the contents view. To expand and collapse the
navigation, either click the plus
and minus
icons or double-click the topic titles. To open a topic,
click its title.
and Go
Forward
icons.
You can use these icons to access the browser history of your current
session, but you cannot use them to go to the previous or next topics
in the contents view.
Collapse
All icon.You can also use the index to browse
to topics. The index points you to topics that describe a particular
word or phrase. To use the index, click the Index tab
in the Contents pane. Either type a term to find it in the
alphabetically ordered list of index terms or use the Previous and Next links
to browse the list. Click a term to see its corresponding topic.
Contents tab. To find the location
of a topic in the contents view, on the topic toolbar, click the
Show
in Table of Contents icon.A topic contains an independent unit of information; for example, all the steps to complete a task, a complete description of a concept, or a whole lesson in a tutorial. Most topics are related to other topics and include links to those related topics, either in the text or, more commonly, at the end of the topic.
Show
in Table of Contents icon.
Link with Contents icon.