Ten Minute Guide to Excel 97

The Contents Tab

The Contents tab of the Help system is a series of "books" you can open. Each book has one or more Help topics in it, and some books contain other subbooks! Figure 4.4 shows a Contents screen.

Figure 4.4. The Help Contents screen.

To select a Help topic from the Contents screen, follow these steps:

1. Open the Help menu and select Contents and Index.

2. Click the Contents tab.

3. Find the book that describes, in broad terms, what you're looking for help with. Double-click the book, and a list of Help topics appears below the book (see Figure 4.4).

4. Double-click a Help topic to display it.

5. When you finish reading a topic, click Help Topics ...