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The Help for Help Panel

The following panel gives you Help with Help. It provides you with information about the Help facility.

  userid                      CA PMA/DataManager              mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss
 +--  DMHELP1H _ -----------    HELP WITH HELP  --------------------  HELP ----+
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 º   CA PMA/DataManager makes a complete HELP system available to you          
 º   from any point in the product.                                            
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 º   Call HELP from any panel for information about the panel, or call         
 º   HELP from a field for information about that field.                       
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 º   Once you are in HELP you can access other HELP panels through menu        
 º   selections, through the INDEX or through the Table of Contents panels.    
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 º   You can also move from topic to topic (NEXT), go to the previously viewed 
 º   panel (PREV), or continue to the next logical panel (CONT).               
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 º   F1=Help  F2=Topic  F3=End   F5=Cont  F7=Prev  F8=Next  F9=Index           
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Access

DataManager displays Help with Help when you press the HELP F key F1 on any Help panel.

┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐
| Product     |     | any Help    |
| Panel       ├────>| panel       |
|        >Help|     |        >Help|
└─────────────┘     └─────┬───────┘
                          |
                          v
                    ┌─────────────┐
                    | Help with   |
                    | Help        |
                    |             |
                    └─────────────┘

Actions

F1

(Help) Displays an explanation on how to use the Help facility.

F2

(Topic) Displays the Help Table of Contents.

F3

(End) Returns you to the resident product panel from which you called Help.

F5

(Cont) Takes you to the next logical panel.

F7

(Prev) Takes you to the previously viewed panel.

F8

(Next) Takes you to the next topic discussed.

F9

(Index) Displays the Help Index.