Windows Basics:
Icon: Win98Icon: WinXPHelp- Search Application Help

 Title: Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101

Sometimes none of the topics you see sound like they would answer your question and none of the keywords in the Index is right either. Don't give up!

If you can think of a keyword or phrase that relates to your question, the Search Help portion of Help may come to your rescue.

Help: Paint (WinXP)Unlike the Index part of Help, the Search portion makes a list of nearly all the words used in the Help files. It will omit words like "the" and "of". So if your brain works a bit differently and the guy who wrote the index is just not on your wave-length, the Search tab can at least tell you if your word is there at all.

Icon: Windows VistaWindows Vista help for an application does not have the two-pane window with tabs. Vista Help pages are web pages, as we learned in Windows Vista-Search Help. But, you may have programs that use the older style Help windows. You still need to see how these work.


Where you are:
JegsWorks > Lessons > Windows

Before you start...

Project 1: Windows Basics
    Desktop & Taskbar
    Window
    MouseTo subtopics
    Dialog BoxTo subtopics
    Windows Help Subtopics display    
      Win98To subtopics
      WinXPTo subtopics
      Windows VistaTo subtopics
    icon-footprint Application Help
    icon-footprint Search Application Help
    Summary
    Quiz
    ExercisesTo subtopics

Project 2: Files & FoldersTo subtopics

    Search
    Glossary
Icon Step-by-Step 

Step-by-Step: Icon: Win98Icon: WinXPHelp - Search Help

 Icon Step-by-Step
What you will learn:

to use the Search tab to find a topic in Help
to close an application from the Taskbar

Start with: Paint with Help open Paint with Help open

Use Search Help: Search Tab

  1. If necessary, open Paint again and open Help for Paint.
  2. Left click Click on the Search tab.

    If Search Help has not been used before for this particular Help file, you will see a dialog box that asks what size database you want to create. Choose Minimum database and click the Next button. In the next window click Finish. You'll see a book being written on while the database of words is created.

    Dialog - Help database  Creating word list

  3. Type  erase  in the text box at the top.
     
  4. Double Click Double-click on the topic To erase a large area in the list of topics in the bottom part of the Help window.
    The keyword is highlighted in the article. You can turn off the highlighting by pressing the F5 key on your keyboard. That refreshes the window.

    Paint Help - Search (Win98) Help: Paint (WinXP)

    Search Paint Help: Win98, WinXP
     

  5. Read the topic and practice erasing on the picture you created in the last lesson or on a new picture.
     
  6. Help: Paint - Related topics - Erase a small area (Win98)Left click Click on Related Topics at the bottom of the Paint Help window. You will see some choices in a menu.
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  8. Left click Click on the topic Erase a small area and display it.
     
  9. Read the topic and practice erasing small areas in the Paint window.
     
  10. Close Paint Help by clicking on Close button the Close button.
     

Close Paint from the Taskbar

  1.  Menu: Right click Task bar button for Paint (Win98)Right click Right click on the taskbar icon for Paint to see the popup menu.

    Icon: WinXPTaskbar button in WinXP: Button: Task bar for Paint (WinXP)
     

  2. Left click Click on Close. When you are asked if you want to save your picture, choose No.

    Keyboard tip The key combination ALT + F4 that can also be used when the application is the active one.