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The Office Help

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Office Help pages are displayed in your system default web browser.

The Help references the default settings of the program on a system that is set to defaults. Descriptions of colours, mouse actions, or other configurable items can be different for your program and system.

The Help system for all versions of the software is based on the same source files. Some of the functions described in Help may not be included in this particular distribution. Some features specific to a distribution may not be mentioned in this Help.

Help pages of Office Extensions still use the old Help system. The old Help system help pages are available from here.

The Office Help pages features

The Module List

Located on the top of the page, click to open the drop-down list and select the Office module to display the module Help main entry page.

The Language List (Help online only).

Available only in the online version, select the language to display the current help page.

The Help Index

The Help Index displays a list of keywords for all Office modules. Click on any keyword in the list to open the linked Help page.

Searching the Help Index

Type the keyword in the Search text box. The search is performed immediately, while you type the keyword.

The search results are displayed as a filtered list of matches grouped by module name. The search results also include near matches. The matching parts of the search term are highlighted in each result.

The GLOBAL heading indicates a match for keywords relevant to more than one Office module. For example, cell borders applies to spreadsheets cells as well as text and presentation table cells or frames.

Use the arrow icons on the bottom of the Index to scroll forward or backward the Index entries or filtered result list.

Contents - The Main Help Topics

Displays an index of the main topics of all modules.

  • Click a closed folder (⊞) to open it and display the subfolders and Help pages.
  • Click an open folder (⊟) to close it and hide the subfolders and Help pages.
  • Click a link to display the corresponding Help page.

Using the browser for Office Help

Use the Back and Forward buttons of the browser to navigate between pages. In most browsers, a long click on the Back button displays a drop-down list of previously visited pages and a long click on the Forward button display a list of visited pages after the current one.

Bookmarking Help pages

Use the bookmark feature of the browser for quick access to relevant Help pages. To bookmark a page in most browsers:

  1. Open the Bookmark menu of the browser,

  2. select Add bookmark, or

Press Ctrl+D on most browsers.

  1. Enter the name, folder and meaningful tags for the bookmark.

  2. Close the bookmark dialogue box of the web browser.

Help Pages Navigation History

Each Help page visited is recorded in the web browser history. To open the navigation history:

  1. Choose the History menu of the web browser,

  2. Select Show History.

  3. Click on any entry of the history main window to open the corresponding help page.

Copying Help contents to clipboard

You can copy contents from the Help page to the clipboard on your operating system with standard copy commands. For example:

  1. On a Help page, select the text that you want to copy.

  2. Press Ctrl +C.

Some contents in help pages can be copied to the system clipboard with only one mouse click. In these cases a tooltip appears when hovering the mouse on the copy-enabled contents. For example, the following line is copy-enabled:

=SUM(A1:A10)

Searching in current page

To search in the current Help page:

  1. Open the View menu of your default web browser and choose Find on this Page entry.

You can also press Ctrl +F.

  1. In the Search for box, enter the text that you want to find.

  2. Select the search options that you want to use.

  3. Press Enter.

To find the previous occurrence of the search term on the page, click on the Up arrow. To find the next occurrence, click on the Down arrow.

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Icons in the Documentation

There are three icons used to call your attention to additional helpful information.

The Important! icon points out important information regarding data and system security.

The Note icon points out extra information: for example, alternative ways to reach a certain goal.

The Tip icon points out tips for working with the program in a more efficient manner.