User's Manual - Drake Software

Software Support In Drake’s Tax Software
Drake Software User’s Manual
When you access the Help System, it is opened for the window you are in. For example,
if you are in pricing setup (Setup > Pricing) and click Help, you are shown the
Help information for pricing setup. To print a topic, click the Print icon in the toolbar.
NOTE
If you encounter an error accessing the Help System, run
X:\Drake12\Help\FixHelp.exe on each workstation. (Replace ‘X’ with
the letter of the drive where Drake is installed.)
Access Help System items by using the Contents, Index, and Search tabs.
Figure 10-14: Contents, Index, and Search tabs
Contents
Index
Search
Arranged in a “Table of Contents” style, the Contents tab (Figure 10-14) lists all
available Help topics. Topics are organized into “books,” which contain the Help files
for a specific topic. Double-click a book to see a list of topics contained in that book.
To see the Help screen for a topic, click the topic.
The Index tab (Figure 10-14) allows you to access the Help index by keyword. As
you type a keyword into the search field, the matching index term is displayed in the
lower box. To see the Help screen for a matching term, double-click the topic or select
the topic and click Display. Use the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW on your keyboard
to move from term to term.
The Search tab (Figure 10-14) allows you to search the Help topics by keyword. Enter
a search term and click List Topics (or press ENTER). From the topics displayed, double-click
a topic to view (or single-click it and press ENTER). You can also use the UP
ARROW and DOWN ARROW on your keyboard to move from topic to topic.
Data Entry Help
Two types of help are available in data entry: field help and screen help.
Field-Level
Help
Field help provides information about a selected field. There are three ways to access
field help:
• Click inside a field and press F1
• Select View Help from the right-click menu
• Press SHIFT+?
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