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Help and <strong>Documentation</strong><br />

<strong>SUSE</strong> Linux comes with various sources <strong>of</strong> information and documentation. The <strong>SUSE</strong><br />

Help Center provides central access to the most important documentation resources on<br />

your system in searchable form. These resources include online help for installed applications,<br />

manual pages, info pages, databases on hardware and s<strong>of</strong>tware topics, and all<br />

manuals delivered with your product.<br />

4.1 Using the <strong>SUSE</strong> Help Center<br />

When you start the <strong>SUSE</strong> Help Center for the first time from the main menu (SuSE<br />

Help Center) or with the command susehelp in the shell, a window as shown in<br />

Figure 4.1, “The Main Window <strong>of</strong> the <strong>SUSE</strong> Help Center” (page 124) is displayed. The<br />

dialog window consists <strong>of</strong> three main areas:<br />

Menu Bar and Toolbar<br />

The menu bar provides the main editing, navigation, and configuration options.<br />

File contains the option for printing the currently displayed content. Under Edit,<br />

access the search function. Go contains all navigation possibilities: Table <strong>of</strong> Contents<br />

(home page <strong>of</strong> the Help Center), Back, Forward, and Last Search Result. With<br />

Settings → Build Search <strong>Index</strong>, generate a search index for all selected information<br />

sources. The toolbar contains three navigation icons (forward, back, home) and a<br />

printer icon for printing the current contents.<br />

Navigation Area with Tabs<br />

The navigation area in the left part <strong>of</strong> the window provides an input field for a<br />

quick search in selected information sources. Details regarding the search and the<br />

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