Using Help

The EasyPower Help system is a powerful resource to help you use the EasyPower program. It includes contents, index, and glossary features along with a powerful search function.

To open Help, click Help or press F1 in the program window.

Figure 1: Help

Navigation Tabs

• Contents: Use the contents to find topics organized as they would be in a book. Related topics are grouped together.
• Index: Use the index feature to look for topics by common words and phrases. The index helps you narrow down the topics to a more specific list when the word or phrase exists in the index.
• Glossary: Use the glossary to find out what a word or acronym means.

Help Toolbar

Use the Help toolbar to perform additional functions within Help.

Figure 2: Help Toolbar

The options on the toolbar are:

• Previous Topic: Click to view the previous Help topic in the Contents.
• Next Topic: Click to view the next topic in the Contents.
• Expand All: If the Help topic includes content that is collapsed (meaning it is hidden from view until you click on something to expand it), you can click this button to expand all of the collapsed content.
• Remove Highlights: If you used the Search function, words in the search are highlighted in the topic. Click this button to remove the highlights to make the topic easier to read. Click it again to restore the highlights to find the words on which you searched.
• Print: Click to print the current Help topic.

Searching Help

Use the search feature to find specific words or phrases in the Help.

• To search on a phrase, include quotation marks around the phrase: for example, type "short circuit" in the Search box to find everywhere that the specific phrase short circuit is used in Help. The phrase is highlighted within each topic.
• To search on words, do not include quotation marks around them: for example, type short circuit in the Search box to find everywhere that the words short or circuit are used in Help. The words are highlighted within each topic.

Figure 3: Search Help Results

Advanced Search

You can use additional search terms to achieve better search results, as described below.

• AND: Use AND between two or more search words to display topics that contain all of the words you've specified. The word AND does not have to be capitalized. For example, if you search fish AND ride AND bicycle, the search results display topics that include all three words fish, ride, and bicycle.

Tip: You can use the plus symbol + or ampersand symbol & in place of the word AND.

• OR: Use OR between two or more search words to display topics that contain any of the words you've specified. The word OR does not have to be capitalized. For example, if you search fish OR ride OR bicycle, the search results display topics that include any of the words fish, ride, or bicycle.

Tip: You can use the pipe symbol | in place of the word OR.

• NOT: Use NOT before a search word to display only topics that do not contain the word you've specified. The word NOT does not have to be capitalized. For example, if you search NOT bicycle, the search results do not display any topics where the word bicycle is included.

You can also use NOT to find topics that contain one search word but not another. For example, if you search fish NOT bicycle, the search results display all topics that contain the word fish that do not also contain the word bicycle.

Tip: You can use the carat symbol ^ in place of the word NOT.

Combining Search Operators

Use parentheses to combine different search operators. For example, to search for topics that contain the word fish and either of the words ride or bicycle, type fish and (ride or bicycle) in the Search box. The search displays the topics that contain the words fish and ride or that contain the words fish and bicycle.

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