Help Centre

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The Help Centre is a comprehensive resource that describes all functions and features of your software. It also includes window descriptions, report samples and tips for helping solve common problems.

The Help Centre is installed when you install your software, however we recommend you use the online version of help if you are usually connected to the Internet. The online version of help is updated regularly between product releases and may contain new help topics relevant to you.

To use the online help version

1	Open your company file.

2	Go to the Setup menu and choose Preferences. The Preferences window appears.

3	Select the I Prefer to Use Help From the Internet, Rather than My Computer option and click OK.

To display the Help Centre

▪	In any window, press the F1 key.

▪	In any window—other than command centre windows—click Help () and choose Help for This Window.

▪	Choose Search Help from the Help menu.

Help in AccountRight windows

Opening the Help Centre from any window—other than command centre windows—displays descriptions or procedures relevant to that window. Click Help (

) and choose Help for This Window, Tell Me How or Search Help.

These options are described below.

Select…

If you want to…

Help for This Window

•	see a description of the window, which includes links to more detailed descriptive and procedural topics.

•	see a description of each field in the window.

•	display links to topics that give you tips to solving common problems or that direct you to other sources of help.

Tell Me How

display a list of topics that tell you how to perform various tasks in the window, or other related tasks.

Search Help

search the help using keywords.

Help in command centres

The main windows in your software are known as command centres. You can view help for a command centre by clicking the help icon (

) located in the top right corner of each command centre.

The Help Centre displays a description of the command centre and its various functions.

For more information, see Command centres.