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Subject:Re: Better include What's This help... From:Jane Bergen <janeb -at- ANSWERSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 4 Apr 1997 08:46:16 +0000
On 3 Apr 97 at 11:57, Wilcox, John (Contractor) wrote:
> WHAT'S THIS?
> If you don't understand a button or an option in a Windows 95 dialog
> box, get some help--and we don't mean by choosing Help in the Start
> menu and weeding through the index. Right-mouse click the button or
> option, and in most cases, you'll see a What's This? button. Click
> it for the inside scoop.
Just yesterday I was experimenting with this "feature" -- and
discovered that it works on very few things. In Word and Excel I get
only a shortcut menu on most everything I right-click. On the
desktop, it's the same result. So WHERE exactly is this supposed to
work??
Jane Bergen
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Jane Bergen, Technical Writer
janeb -at- answersoft -dot- com
AnswerSoft, Inc. Dallas, TX
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