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Types of Help Information

Toolkit supports the common user access (CUA) help text model which provides the following types of help:

• Contextual - Specific to cursor position gives the purpose and use of the item for which the user requested help.
• Extended - Describes the application panel from which the user requested Help.
• Help Index - Sequenced list of help topics for the application from which the user can select a topic for display.
• Keys help - List of application function keys, including brief descriptions.
• Help for Help - Information on how to use help facilities, including how to access contextual, extended, keys, and index help.