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Topic Help Panel

A Topic panel appears when you make a selection on the Table of Contents panel. It provides you with an overview of the function you requested help for and with selections that take you to other panels containing more detailed information. The NEXT and PREV F keys take you to the next topic or previous help panel.

  userid                      CA PMA/DataManager              mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss
 +--  DMOPTNSH _ -------------  OPTIONS ACTION ---------------------  HELP ----+
 º                                                                             º
 º   Choosing oPtions from the Primary Panel's action bar displays the         º
 º   User Options panel.  It contains options you can change from this         º
 º   time forward.  After making your changes, be sure to SAVE them            º
 º   before leaving this panel.                                                º
 º                                                                             º
 º   For information about these user options, tab to your selection and       º
 º   press Enter:                                                              º
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 º             __ Warning Msgs               __ Mnemonics                      º
 º                                                                             º
 º             __ Info Msgs                  __ Action Bar                     º
 º                                                                             º
 º             __ Save/Delete Prompt         __ Database Depth                 º
 º                                                                             º
 º             __ PF13-24 = PF1-12                                             º
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 º                                                                             º
 º                                                                             º
 º   F1=Help  F2=Topic  F3=End   F5=Cont  F7=Prev  F8=Next  F9=Index           º
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Access

Topic Helps appear when one of the following events occurs:

• You press the NEXT F key F8 on any Help panel.
• You press the TOPIC F key F2 and select a topic from the Table of Contents panel.

┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐
| Product     |     | any Help    |
| Panel       ├────>| panel       |
|        >Help|     |       >topic|
└─────────────┘     └─┬───┬───────┘
       ┌──────────────┘   |
       v                  v
┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐
| Topic       |     | Table of    |
| Help        |<────┤ Contents    |
| Panel       |     |       >topic|
└─────────────┘     └─────────────┘

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.