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Epson LT - 286e User Manual

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To bypass the HELP menu and display information about a

specific command, follow these steps:

1. At the command prompt, type

HELP

and the name of the

MS-DOS command you want information about. Then

press Enter. For example, to see information about the

COPY command, type the following and press Enter:

HELP COPY

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2. If there is more than one page of information about the

command, you see the prompt PgUp at the top of the

screen. Press PgUp to display the rest of the text.

3. Press E

SC

to exit the HELP program.

You can also request help information for more than one

command. Follow these steps:

1.

At the command prompt, type

HELP

and the names of the

commands you want information about. Then press Enter.

Separate each command name with a space. For example, to

see information about DISKCOPY, FORMAT, and COPY,

type the following and press Enter:

HELP DISKCOPY FORMAT COPY

2. MS-DOS displays help information for the first command.

If there is more than one page of information about the

command, you see the prompt PgUp at the top of the

screen. Press PgUp to display the rest of the text.

3. Press E

SC

when you are ready to display information about

the next command.

4. Press E

SC

again to exit the HELP program.

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