Tektronix TDS5000B Series, Online Help Manual

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Using Online Help
The online help is designed to assist you with all the features of
the instrument.
Use the online help to quickly get information about a function or
assistance in performing a task. These types of online help are
available:
Context-Sensitive help.
In toolbar mode, click Help to display
online help for the active window. From the menu bar, click Help
to display a list of help options. In either mode, the F1 function
key also displays help for the active window.
Note
If you are using the optional touch screen, you can also touch the
Help button in either mode.
Microsoft Windows help.
Help is also available as part of
Windows. For information about Windows features, refer to the
Windows online help by clicking Start in the Windows toolbar
and then selecting Help.
Navigating the Online Help
You can search for help using methods that most users of PCs are familiar with: From the menu
bar, select Help, and then select Contents and Index.
From the online help finder, choose one of the three tabs: Contents, Index, or Find. From the
Contents tab, click a topic to select it for display, and then click the Display button to open the
topic. From the Index tab, when you enter the subject you are looking for, the list scrolls to that
topic. Click Display to open the topic. For a full text search use the Find tab. You must first
choose the method for word list generation, click Next, and then click Finish. Enter the subject
you want to find. Every topic that contains the subject will be displayed. Select a topic and click
Display to open that topic.
There are several ways to use the online help that are unique to the instrument:
Jumps.
Blue-underlined text represents hyperlinks to other topics. Click the text to jump to the
related topic. For example, to jump to the topic on Using Online Help click the text. Click Back to
return to this window.
Pop-ups.
Pop-up windows are identified by blue text with no underlines. Click the blue text to
display a brief help message.
Help on Graphics.
Some of the graphics in the help windows contain areas highlighted with
orange boxes. Click the area inside the box to either open a pop-up window with a brief help
description or to jump to a related help topic.