Navigating in the information center

The information center provides a graphical user interface for you to locate and view product documentation.

The Contents tab (high-level topic) on the left side of the interface displays the titles of the topics that are in the information center. The titles are displayed in a table of contents or navigation-tree structure. You can select the topic title in the navigation tree to display the topic content.

Click Go Back (back arrow) and Go Forward (forward arrow) to navigate within the history of viewed topics.

Click Home (Home icon) to open the information center home page.

To return to the Contents view after running a search task, click the Contents tab (Contents tab) at the bottom of the view.

For information about navigating by keyboard, see Keyboard shortcuts and accelerators.

When you click a link within the topic that you are currently viewing, a new topic opens, but the navigation tree does not automatically change to reflect the location of the new topic.

To locate the current topic in the navigation tree, click Show in Table of Contents (Show in table of contents) on the toolbar of the Contents view.

To keep the navigation tree and the topic pane synchronized at all times, click Link with Contents (Link with Contents) on the toolbar of the Contents view. Click the button again to disable this function.