Help!
Windows and QuickBooks have good help XE "help" systems. Two methods generally work for getting into Help. The obvious way is to click
Help, and then click Help
in the dropped menu. Tabs (the things marked
Contents, Index, and Find
) or buttons (marked Clear,Options
, etc.) will give you choices.
Another display may appear with a text listing. This display should be accessible by clicking a button for
Search, Index, or Contents.
The first time a Find
tab is selected, Help
will want to generate an index file for
the related Help file. Picking
Maximize search capabilities
takes a minute or two, but the time is well spent.
The description of how to bring back the Welcome box (above) the access seemed vary arcane. On the
Help Topics window the Rebuild
button can be selected to do something about this. The Help file can be rebuilt.
Choosing the maximum size Help file and rebuilding, this process then found
Welcome, as it should.
These are basic instructions on using the Help system. Unfortunately, getting help is all too often contingent
on guessing, or stumbling across, the right word. (Who am I to complain? That helps the market for my book
!)
The Help program is part of Windows, but displays content provided by an application, such as QuickBooks.
In the progress from QuickBooks 2.0 to QuickBooks 5.0, Intuit’s content has gone from good to excellent.
You can expect to find a good deal of help there. A common shortcut for
Help is the function key F1.
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