Thought this info might be helpful for someone since there has been some discussion on this issue.
The *Legacy Help System *uses the standard Microsoft help menu so it should be familiar to most users. There are several ways to access it in Legacy. Pre version 8.0 1/ pressing the F1 function key 2/ clicking Help on the Menu Bar 3/ Alt+H shortcut key 4/ clicking on the various Help buttons found on many screens In version 8.0 1/ F1 function key 2/ Help Tab on the Ribbon bar 3/ Alt+P shortcut key 4/ clicking on the various Help buttons found on many screens 5/ clicking on the help icons (small Blue circle with the ? mark inside). Legacy’s Help file is extensive containing nearly 700 topics and is added to routinely. That means there is extensive help available on nearly every feature and element. There are three tabs on the Help Index panel: Index, Search, and Favorites. Below each tab is a search box where you type the term or phrase you want to find then press ENTER. Index – Returns a list of *keywords *in alphabetic order associated with related topics. Search – Returns a list of *topic headings* related to the search term or phrase. Favorites – Where you can save *bookmarks *to frequently viewed topics. *Favorites Tab* When you have a topic displayed in the text window that you would like to save click the Favorites tab. Verify the topic title is entered in the Current topic: box at the bottom of the help window and click the Add button. then you can easily return to a topic. *Removing a Favorite Topic * Click the topic name in the Topics: list, then click the Remove button. * Displaying a favorite topic* Double-click it or click the topic, then click the Display button. *Troubleshooting Help Searches* Many users erroneously believe the Index search box allows them to quickly search for every occurrence of a specific word or phrase in the Help File like they do in MS Word. Unfortunately, the Microsoft help file does not provide this capability. *The Index Tab* This search is done for keywords assigned to a topic by the help author. These usually relate specifically to the written material and therefore may not be the same ones a user is thinking about. For example: the keyword term Combine returns a different list than Merge. Also plurals can return different findings, for example: Date versus Dates. *The Search Tab* This search is closest to searching for every occurrence of a term, however, it does not display the actual words found but a listing of all topic headings where the word is found. With so many topics this list is normally fairly lengthy but It can be useful to see a list of possible topics that may be related. *Navigation Toolbar* This toolbar, located at the top of the Help Panel has four icons which are: *Hide / Show *– toggles the Search Panel off and on *Back *– moves the topic display to previous topics in this search session *Forward *– moves the topic display to the next topics in this search session. Only active after having used the Back function. *Print *– Displays a Print window where you can select the printer and settings to print a topic or all topics. *Navigation within Topics* *Hyperlinks *- Clickable text that opens another topic or a Web page. *Related Topics* - Listed at the bottom of many topics, lists other topics relevant to the current topic. It should be noted that Microsoft controls the function of the Help Index. Legacy only controls the keywords and topic information. Larry Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
