Milestone Central 3.7 - Manual (Page 45)

Milestone XProtect Central 3.7; User’s Manual
Built-in Help System
Your Milestone XProtect Central Client has a comprehensive built-in help system.
To use your Milestone XProtect Central Client’s built-in help system, simply press the F1
key on your keyboard.
When you press F1, the built-in help system will open in a separate window, allowing you to easily
switch between help and the Milestone XProtect Central Client itself.
The built-in help system is to some extent context-sensitive. This means that when you press F1
for help while working in a particular Milestone XProtect Central Client dialog, the help system
automatically displays the help topic describing that dialog or a task related to that dialog.
The built-in help system covers the information needs of regular users as well as Milestone
XProtect Central system administrators. On the help window’s Contents tab (see the following),
information is therefore split into two main groups (For System Administrators and For All Users).
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 three tabs: Contents, Search and Favorites, 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 “zoom” and every help topic containing the term
“zoom” 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. You can now
access the topic with a single click—also if you close the help window and return to it later.
The actual content of each help topic is displayed in the right pane of the help window (i.e. the
pane in which you are reading this text). 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; for example a detailed
description of a particular feature in the Milestone XProtect Central Client. 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.
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