Getting Help

There are two main ways of getting help in Windows 95. You can use pop up help, or you can go to the Help Topics dialog box.

 

Pop Up Help

This is the help you get by using the ? button or the What's This menu option. We will use My Computer to see how pop up help works.

• Double click on My Computer to open the icon.
• Select View/Options. Click on the File Types tab.
  
• Click on the ? button in the top right hand corner of the dialog box that appears.
• Your mouse pointer will now have a question mark next to it. Click on the writing Registered file types.
• A yellow box will appear explaining what this option is about. This is pop up help.
  
• Click right in the yellow box. A shortcut menu will appear. You can select Print Topic from this menu to print out pop up help.
• Click in the yellow box to close it and the shortcut menu.
• You can also access pop up help from a shortcut menu. Click right on the words Registered file types. A shortcut menu will appear.
• Click on the What's This? option. The pop up help box will appear.
• Click in the yellow box to close pop up help.