Help
Help facilities in OpenOffice.org (OOo) are very similar to the
equivalent in Microsoft Office
(MSO).
If
you pause the mouse pointer over a button, you will see a tooltip
describing the button. To turn this feature on or off, use Tools
> Options > OpenOffice.org > General.
Pressing
Shift
+ F1, selecting Help
> What’s This?, or clicking
changes the pointer to a question mark. When the question mark
pointer is over a button or control on a dialog, a more detailed
description is displayed until the next mouse click.
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Note
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Pressing
Shift
+ F1 is
equivalent to turning on extended tips, Tools
> Options > OpenOffice.org > General, except
that it only stays on until you click again.
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Based
on whatever is currently selected, pressing F1
displays contextual help.
The
equivalent to the MSO
“Office Assistant” is called the Help
Agent. It “lights up”, alerting the user that
help is available for an event that has just happened. Examples are
when a user first saves a file, or when a word gets automatically
corrected.
The
Help
Agent can be turned off and on by using Tools
> Options > OpenOffice.org > General.
