Viewing User-Defined F11 Help

When you display a screen and press F11, the system displays the online help topic associated with that screen. Before you can display user-defined help topics assigned to a screen instead of the online help topic, you need to remove the pointer to the online help topic.

Use the following procedures to remove a screen's pointer to the online help and view user-defined help assigned to the screen. You can also view user-defined F11 help topics from the Help menu.

To remove a screen's pointer to the online help:

  1. From the screen for which you want to remove the pointer to the online help, press Shift-F11 to display the Help Topics Maintenance screen.

Note: You must have Superuser authorization to use the Shift-F11 key.

This screen lists the user-defined help topics assigned to this screen.

  1. Use the Web Help hot key to display the Address to Web Help screen.

  2. Delete the text displayed on this screen.

  3. Press Esc two times to exit both screens.

To view user-defined F11 help from the screen to which it is attached:

  1. From the screen for which you want to view the user-defined help, press F11 to display the help topics screen.

The system lists the help topics assigned to the screen.

  1. Select the topic you want to view and press Enter.

  2. When finished reading the help topic, press Esc to exit the help topic and return to the screen.

To view user-defined F11 help from the Help menu:

  1. From the System > System Files > Documentation menu, select Help Document Maintenance to display the Help Document Maintenance screen.

  2. In the Keyword field, do one of the following:

  3. Enter a keyword from the help topic title.

  4. Enter a period followed by the document number assigned to the help topic.

The system displays the help topic or a list of help topics that match your selection criteria.

  1. Select the topic to view and press Enter.

  2. When finished reading the help topic, press Esc to exit the help topic.

See Also:

Creating User-Defined F11 Help

Creating User-Defined F9 Help

Viewing User-Defined F9 Help