help and Support ( Win. Vista & 7 )

How to get help

• The easy way to display the Windows help feature is to press the F1 key on your keyboard.  This will display the Windows Help and Support dialog box.   

• Click on the Windows Basics icon. 

  You will see the following information displayed. 

• You can click on any item to learn more.  For instance click on the first item titled ‘Introduction to computers’.    You will see the following detailed information on this topic.

 
The Help ‘Back’ and ‘Forward’ buttons

• You can click on the Back button to move back to the last screen displayed within the Help dialog box.   

• You can click on the Forward icon to move forward within the pages you visited.  

 Printing a Help topic

• You can click on the Print icon to print out the Help displayed on screen.  

 Browsing for Help

• Click on the Browse icon   

• The dialog box will display the following. 

• You can click on a topic such as Desktop Fundamentals.  The dialog box will then offer a range of help associated with the item you click on, in this case Desktop Fundamentals, as illustrated.  

• Clicking on one of these options, for instance ‘The Start menu (overview)’, will display the following.

Re-displaying the opening help screen

• Click on the Help and Support Home icon.    This will once again display the opening Help screen, as illustrated. 

• Take some time to explore some of the other options available within the Help window.

Demos

• Display the Windows help and Support window.  Search using the word Demos, as illustrated.

• You will see the following screen displayed. 

• You can click on any of these demos and watch a screen presentation on selected topics.  You can run these as many times as you like and get more expert in the use of various techniques within Windows Vista. Close any open windows before continuing.