When you first open the help system, the help home page displays. The page includes links to important help topics, especially those topics that you can use to get started with the product. The help home page also links to other IBM, Rational, and product-specific websites where you can find more resources and information.
The help topics are organized in
a navigation tree in the contents view; for details about how the
topics are organized, see Information types.
To expand and collapse the navigation, either click the plus and minus
icons
or double-click the topic titles. To open a topic, click its title.
You can also use the index to browse
to topics. The index points you to topics that describe a particular
word or phrase. To use the index, click the Index tab in the Contents pane. Either type a term to find it in the
alphabetically ordered list of index terms or use the Previous and Next links
to browse the list. Click a term to see its corresponding topic.
A topic contains an independent unit of information; for example, all the steps to complete a task, a complete description of a concept, or a whole lesson in a tutorial. Most topics are related to other topics and include links to those related topics, either in the text or, more commonly, at the end of the topic.