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Subject:RE: F1 for help From:MAGGIE SECARA <SECARAM -at- mainsaver -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>, "'Becca Price'" <becca_price -at- yahoo -dot- com> Date:Tue, 21 Mar 2000 12:13:08 -0800
Hit F1. When your friend the paperclip pops up, do a right click on his
head. Among the options is a checkbox for "respond to F1". Clear it. Clear
Clippie. Press F1 again. Ta-da, a plain old Find help dialog.
If for some reason you want to keep the "context sensitive" Office Assistant
available, you can always put a button on the toolbar
Maggie Secara
secaram -at- mainsaver -dot- com
"All the world's a stage, Mick, but some of us are dreadfully
under-rehearsed."
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> From: Becca Price[SMTP:becca_price -at- yahoo -dot- com]
> Reply To: Becca Price
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 11:58 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: F1 for help
>
> Sometime ago, I asked about using the questionmark
> icon for something other than help, and got good
> responses. Now I have another, related question.
>
> When implementing F1 for help, is it always
> context-sensitive or can it call up the Find tab for
> the help file?
>
>
