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Drake Software User’s ManualSoftware Supportbook, double-click the book. The list expands to show the topics contained in thatbook. To see the Help screen for a topic, click the topic.IndexSearchAs shown in the second image in Figure 10-9, the Index tab allows you to access theHelp index by keyword. As you type a keyword into the search field, the matchingindex 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 Display. You can also use the UP ARROWand DOWN ARROW on your keyboard to move from term to term.As shown in the third image in Figure 10-9, the Search tab allows you to search theHelp 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 pressENTER). You can also use the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW on your keyboard tomove from topic to topic.Data Entry HelpTwo types of help are available in data entry: field-level help and screen help.Field-LevelHelpField-level help provides information about a selected field in data entry. To accessfield help, place your cursor in the field and press F1 on your keyboard. Alternately,you can press SHIFT+? or select View Help from the right-click menu. The help forthe selected field is displayed as shown in the example in Figure 10-10.Figure 10-10: Example of field-level helpNote that each field-level help window indicates whether the field is a direct entry,adjustment, or override field. To close a field-level help window, click the X in the topright corner, or press ESC.Screen HelpScreen help provides information about an open screen in data entry. To access screenhelp, press CTRL+ALT+? or click the Screen Help button at the top right corner of thescreen (Figure 10-11). In most cases, a window similar to the field-level help window(Figure 10-10) displays the screen help.Figure 10-11: Screen Help button for W2 screenTax Year 2008 235