To create user-defined F11 help:Pressing F11 on a screen accesses the online help system and displays a topic associated with that screen.
You can also create custom F11 help topics for screens. For example, you can enter user-defined instructions that are specific to your company's operations. You can create new F11 help files by starting a new document and entering the text or by copying and editing an existing help document.
After creating a user-defined help file, you need to assign it to a screen.
Users must be assigned the HELP.F11.EDIT authorization key to create user-defined F11 help.
Use the following tasks to:
To create user-defined F11 help:
From the System > System Files > Documentation menu, select Help Document Maintenance to display the Help Document Maintenance screen.
In the Keyword field, type the word new and press Enter.
The system assigns a document number.
In the Topic Heading field, enter a title for the help document.
In the Keywords field, enter any keywords that can be used to search for the article using the Help screen. Keywords are not case sensitive.
In the Text field, enter the text of your help document in one of the following ways:
Manually type the text you want to enter.
Upload a .txt file from your PC by using the Upload hot key and entering the DOS path to the file you want to upload. For example, enter c:/text/note.txt. Use forward slashes in the path name and be sure to include the .txt extension, or the upload will not work.
Copy and paste word processing text into the F11 help screen. For copying and pasting to work, on the Eterm menu bar select Configure, then select Communications, and then click the Enable Edit box.
Note the help topic ID number and then press Esc to save the F11 help topic.
To copy and edit user-defined F11 help:Display the document you want to copy in one of the following ways:
From the System > System Files > Documentation menu, select Help Document Maintenance to display the Help Document Maintenance screen. In the Keyword field enter keywords to search for the document or enter a period (.) followed by the document ID.
From the screen to which the F11 help document is attached, press Shift-F11 to display the Help Topics Maintenance screen. Select the topic you want to copy and use the Edit Document hot key.
Use the Copy hot key.
The system assigns a new ID number to the displayed document.
Edit the Topic Heading, Keywords, and Text fields for the new document, as described in the task for creating F11 help.
Note the help topic ID number and then press Esc to save the F11 help topic.
To edit user-defined F11 help:Display the document you want to edit in one of the following ways:
From the System > System Files > Documentation menu, select Help Document Maintenance to display the Help Document Maintenance screen. In the Keyword field enter keywords to search for the document or enter a period (.) followed by the document ID.
From the screen to which the F11 help document is attached, press Shift-F11 to display the Help Topics Maintenance screen. Select the topic you want to edit and use the Edit Document hot key to display the document on the Help Document Maintenance screen.
When typing, uploading, or pasting text, be aware that the F9 help screen does not have all the features of a word processor, nor does it work like a typical word processor. Adhere to the following guidelines:
Pressing Enter within a paragraph does not cause the following text to wrap to the next line.
Pressing Enter at the end of text does cause the cursor to wrap to the start of the next line.
The Tab key does not work.
The Backspace key does not delete text.
The Delete key works normally.
Bullets do not upload as bullets.
To move text to the next line, press the Insert key, place the cursor at the start of the text to be moved, and press the Spacebar until the text wraps.
To insert a blank line between paragraphs, press Alt-Insert.
To remove a blank line, place the cursor in the line and press Alt-Delete.
If you upload text into a Help Document Maintenance screen that contains existing text, the uploaded text will replace everything on the screen.
When copying and pasting text with Eterm for Windows, you can paste new text at the end of the existing text. Just be sure to position the cursor correctly.
Press Esc to save the F11 help topic.
To assign user-defined F11 help to a screen:
Display the screen to which you want to assign a user-defined help document.
Press Shift-F11 to display the Help Topics Maintenance screen.
On a blank line, type the title of your document and press Enter.
Note: To insert a blank line, position the cursor on an occupied line and press Alt-Insert.
In the Help Doc # field, type the number of the document you are assigning and press Esc.
The system assigns your help document and returns you to the program screen.
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