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Exploring the Workspace 23
2. Enter a word or phrase in the Enter the word(s) to find box.
For information on using search operators, click the Search Tips button.
3. To limit the references searched, select the Search only in selected references
option and select the check box next to one or more references.
4. Click the Search button.
The Help References pane shows the search results.
5. Double-click a document in the results list to open it.
The results list is saved until a new search is run, so you can return to the document list
by clicking the Search results button on the Help toolbar.
Tip
To redo a recent search, click the down arrow next to the Enter the
word(s) to find box and select search keywords from the drop-down list.
Using advanced search operators
You can use a variety of advanced search operators to make your searching more
precise. For information on using advanced search operators, click the Search Tips
button in the Search Help References dialog box.
A printable copy of the Search Tips, titled search_tips.pdf, is installed in the Help/
Allaire Support folder of your installation directory. If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader
on your system, you can open this file by double-clicking it in Windows Explorer.
Extending the Help system
One of the Help system’s most useful features is its extensibility. You can add
documents to the Help system by dragging and dropping them into the Help folder,
either from the Files tab or Windows Explorer.
Help document files are generally in HTML, but you can include text files. The Help
browser will use the file name as the title. You can also create hyperlinks from within
an HTML file to files with txt, dtd, and pdf extensions if you use Internet Explorer as the
internal browser. Web graphics files (GIF, JPG, PNG) are viewable in Help files.
This extensibility gives you a number of opportunities:
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You can write and install your own custom Help files.
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You can download documents from the Web and add them to the Help system.
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You can edit existing Help topics.
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You can distribute Help files; this can be particularly helpful for team
development.
Note
Documents do not display at the Help References root level, so you must
either place them in an existing folder or create a new folder.