Using the Access Help Topics

A more conventional way to get help is through the Contents and Index command on the Help menu. When you open the Access Help system, move through the topics listed to find the topic you're interested in.

There are several tabs in the Help system, so you can use Help the way you want it. To access the Help system:

  1. Select Help, Contents and Index.

  2. Click on the tab for the type of help you want (this is further explained in the next sections).

  3. Click the topic you're interested in (if there's a list), or type in your topic and press Enter.

The following sections contain specific information about each tab.

Contents

The Contents tab of the Help system is a series of "books" you can open. Each book has one or more ...

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