IBM AS/400 Photo Scanner User Manual


 
Related Online Information
The following online information is available on the AS/400 system. After pressing
the Help key on any menu, press the Help key a second time to see an explanation
of how the online information works, including the InfoSeeker function. You can
press either the Help key or F1 for help.
Help for Displays
| You can press the Help key on any display to see information about the display.
| Two types of help are available:
Contextual
Extended
Contextual help
explains the field on which the cursor is positioned when you press
the Help key. For example, it describes the choices available for a prompt. If a
system message appears at the bottom of the display, position the cursor on the
message and press the Help key to see information about the cause of the
message and the appropriate action to take.
Extended help
explains the purpose of the display. Extended help appears if you
press the Help key when the cursor is outside the areas for which contextual help
is available, or if you press F2 (Extended help) when you are looking at the
contextual help.
To exit the online information, press F3 (Exit). You return to the display where you
pressed the Help key.
InfoSeeker
InfoSeeker is the OS/400 implementation of the IBM BookManager Read
architecture; InfoSeeker provides access to online books from any workstation. It
provides powerful search and retrieval functions and allows the grouping of
information to meet individual installation needs. InfoSeeker can read any book
created by the IBM BookManager BUILD license programs (available for VM, MVS,
and OS/2 systems).
To use InfoSeeker, press the Help key, then press F11 (InfoSeeker). You can also
use InfoSeeker by selecting option 20 (InfoSeeker) on the GO INFO menu.
Help for Control Language Commands
To see prompts for parameters for a control language command, type the
command, then press F4 (Prompt) instead of the Enter key. To see extended help
for the command, type the command and press the Help key. You can see
contextual help for CL commands also.
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