HELP!

In my opinion, the most important key to learn in any program or application is the Help key. In many instances, pressing the Help key will save you a lot of time and trouble by not having to stop what you are doing, find the manual for the program, remember what it is you need help with, look it up, read it and go back to the computer only to stare at it blankly wondering what it is you were doing.

For the built-in applications on the Palmtop the help key is (F1). HP has built in a fairly comprehensive, location sensitive help function. In other words, if you are in 1-2-3 and are entering a formula such as @DATE and forget the format, press (F1) and the help will tell you how to enter it and what it does. In the case of the Lotus formula, @DATE(year,month,day) calculates a date number for year, month, and day. This can be just what you need to complete the task you are attempting.

Location sensitive help function on the HP Palmtop gives you help relating to the built-in application you are working in. Above in Lotus, with the cursor resting on a cell with the @DATE function, press (F1) and you get a help screen on that function.

When you need a little more help or need help overall with the application you are using, just press (F1) again, and see all of the help topics available. Then you can highlight the topic you want help with and press (ENTER) and view the help for that topic.

Tom Gibson

Technical Editor,

The HP Palmtop Paper

Internet Email: tom_gibson@thaddeus.com