Windows Basics:
Icon: Win98Win98 Help Index

 Title: Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101

The Index for Windows Help is similar to the index for a book. It lists keywords and phrases that you might be looking for. Each one may be related to several actual Help topics.

In an index, not all of the places a word is used are listed. Only the places where the word is important to the topic are included. To look for all places where a word is used in a Help topic, you must go to the Find tab. That is the next section of the lesson.

Win98 Help topic- Computer Essentials


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    
     Win98 Subtopics display
      icon-footprint Win98-Contents
      icon-footprint Win98-Index
      icon-footprint Win98 Tour
      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
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Step-by-Step: Win98 Help Index

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What you will learn: to find a topic in Help Index
to navigate between topics and related topics

Icon: WinXPTo work with Help in WinXP, skip to WinXP Help.
Icon: Windows VistaTo work with Help in Windows Vista, skip to Windows Vista Help.

Start with: Win98 Help.

  1. Win98 Help Index paneLeft click Click on the Index tab in the left pane. The topic article on the right remains in view.
     
  2. Type as your keyword in the textbox the letters  discov  which starts the word Discover.

    Notice that the list of keywords scrolls as you type.

    The nearest match is discovering Windows 98, which has 4 subtopics. You could select one of these and click the Display button, but sometimes other topics are related to the keyword but are not subtopics. You can find out by double-clicking the topic.
     

  3. Win 98 Help - Topics foundDouble Click Double-click Discovering Windows98 in the list of keywords

    A list of topics related to this keyword phrase pops up in its own window. It has several others besides the subtopics you can see in the Index list.


  4. Win98 Help topic- Computer EssentialsSelect Computer Essentials in the Topics Found window and click the Display button. (You can double-click the title in the list instead)

    This is an example of a useful topic that is hard to find if you don't already know what to look for!

    The new topic displays in the right pane. It give directions to a tutorial that is normally found on the installation CD. (Your instructor may have copied it to a hard drive.) You will access this tutorial shortly.
     

  5. Experiment with the Index. Think of some terms or phrases that you have questions about and try them in the keyword box. Are your words in the index? Do the topics that appear answer your questions?

    You will work with the Search tab in the section on Paint Help.
     

  6. Close the Help window by clicking the Close button in the upper right corner of the window.

    If you have the Windows 98 installation CD or if your instructor has installed the required files, you can take a tour of Windows 98 features and basic computer skills. Otherwise, go on to Application Help