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Help Facility

If you need help while using the full‑screen feature, you can place the cursor anywhere on the screen at any time and press your HELP PF key (the default is PF1, but you can redefine your own PF keys). CA ACF2 for z/VM provides you with online assistance for that screen. You can also place the cursor on any field (or field title) and press your HELP PF key. CA ACF2 for z/VM displays additional information about that field. If you place the cursor on the OPTION or COMMAND lines and press your HELP PF key, you receive information on what kind of values are permitted.

You can also enter HELP on the COMMAND or OPTION line on the screen and move the cursor to a position on the screen (as described in the above paragraph), then press Enter. You do not need to use a PF key.

The HELP command also lets you obtain additional help that is not available through the HELP PF key.

For example:

• To obtain information about the HELP command, specify:

  HElp Help
  

• To obtain information about the PF key defaults, specify:

  HElp PFkeys
  

• To obtain information about valid input on the command line, specify:

  HElp INPUT
  

• To obtain information about a message, specify:

  HElp Message msgid
  

See the Message Guide for more information.