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* Choose Tutorial to display an on-line tutorial that will guide you through
loading, executing, and analyzing a sample program in Prism. We recommend
taldng this tutorial as a quick way of becoming acquainted with
some of Prism's major features.
These choices are also available from the Help Index.
8.1.3 Using Help Selections and Help Buttons
Each menu in Prism has a Help selection, and each window and dialog box has
a Help button.
You can use either the mouse or the keyboard to choose help. A Help window
is displayed that gives information about the menu or dialog box; see Figure 38
for an example. It also names the Help Index entry where you can find more
detailed information.
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Figure 38. The Help window for the Use dialog box.
To cancel the Help window, click on the Cancel button or press the Esc key.
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Use Dialog Box
Use the Use dialog box to create a list of directories to be used by
Prism in searching for source files. You may need to add a directory
to Prism's search list if you have moved a source file, or if for some
other reason Prism cant find the file.
To add a directory to the search list, type its pathname in the
Directory box, then click on Add. (If its pathname Is too long for
the box It scrolls to the left.)
To remove a directory from the list, click on Its name In the search
list the name is highlighted. Then click on Remove.
Click on Close or press the Esc key to close the dialog box
For more information on creating a list of source directories, choose
Use in the Help Index
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