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Navigating the Built-in Help System
You are always able to freely navigate between the help system’s contents. To do this, simply use
the help window’s four tabs: Contents, Search, Favorites and Glossary, or use the links inside the
help topics.
 Contents Tab: Lets you navigate the help system
based on a tree structure. Many users will be familiar with this type of navigation from, for
example, Windows Explorer.
 Search Tab: Lets you search for help topics containing particular terms of interest. For
example, you can search for the term camera and every help topic containing the term
camera will be listed in the search results. Clicking a help topic title in the search results
list will open the required topic.
 Favorites Tab: Lets you build a list of your favorite help topics. Whenever you find a help
topic of particular interest to you, simply add the topic to your favorites list. Then you can
access the topic with a single click—also if you close the help window and return to it later.
 Glossary Tab: What is a Connection License Key? What does VCA mean? The Glossary tab
provides a glossary of common surveillance and network-related terms. Simply select a
term to view a corresponding definition in the small window below the list of terms.
Links in Help Topics
The actual content of each help topic is displayed in the right pane of the help window. Help topic
texts may contain various types of links, notably so-called expanding drop-down links. Clicking an
expanding drop-down link will display detailed information. The detailed information will be
displayed immediately below the link itself; the content on the page simply expands. Expanding
drop-down links thus help save space.
Tip: If you wish to quickly collapse all texts from expanding drop-down links in a help topic, simply
click the title of the topic in the help system’s Contents menu.
Printing Help Topics
To print a help topic, navigate to the required topic and click the help window’s Print button.
When you click the Print button, a dialog box may ask you whether you wish to print the
selected topic only or all topics under the selected heading. If in doubt, select Print the
selected topic and click OK.
When printing a selected help topic, the topic will be printed as you see it on your screen.
Therefore, if a topic contains expanding drop-down links (see above), click each required drop-
down link to display the text in order for it to be included in your printout. This allows you to create
targeted printouts, containing exactly the amount of information you require.