Help on Help

Accessing the Help File

You can open this help file from within Ringing Master in either of the following ways:

Choosing Help > Help Topics, or
Pressing the <F1> key.

You can open a help topic about a specific item in the following ways:

Clicking the Help button on the toolbar, and then clicking a menu item, toolbar button, or program feature,
Highlighting the toolbar item, tool palette item, or menu item and then pressing the key; this displays help file information relevant to what you highlighted, or
Clicking the Help button in a dialog box; this displays help file information relevant to using that dialog box.

About ToolTip's and the Status Bar

To see the name of a toolbar or tool palette button, place the cursor over it. A popup hint, referred to as a Tooltip, appears. Note also that Ringing Master displays a short description of the feature in the Status bar, which is located along the bottom of the workspace.

Using the Index Efficiently

To find information quickly on a particular help topic, click the Index tab in the left panel of the help window. This displays a list of keywords associated with a topic. To find help on using a particular dialog box, search for the dialog box title.

Understanding Colours for Hypertext In a standard Windows Help file format. In Ringing Master Help:

Topic jumps are like this.
All hypertext is underlined.

Understanding Typographical Conventions

A few typographical conventions to be aware of when reading through this help file include the following:

Menu commands you are instructed to choose appear in bold face with the greater than (>) symbol separating each menu level. For example, if you are instructed to choose the Open command in the File menu, it appears as File > Open. If you are instructed to select the General Program Preferences command from the Preferences sub-menu in the File menu, it appears as File > Preferences > General Program Preferences.
Keys you are instructed to press appear in bold face within angled brackets. When you need to press keys in sequence, they are connected by a plus (+) sign. For example, you can also choose the Open command in the File menu by pressing <Crtl> + <O> on the keyboard.