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Navigation buttons
Contents
The Contents pane displays the table of contents, books, and pages that represent the
categories of information in Adobe Captivate Help. When you click a closed book, it opens to
display its content (sub-books and pages). When you click an open book, it closes. When you
click pages, you select topics to view in the right pane.
Index The Index pane displays a multilevel list of keywords and keyword phrases. These terms
are associated with topics in Adobe Captivate Help and are intended to direct you to specific
topics according to your way of working. To open a topic in the right pane associated with a
keyword, click the keyword. If the keyword is used with more than one topic, a dialog box
appears so you can select the topic to view, and then click Display.
Search
When you type a question in the Search pane, related topics appear on the right. (This
feature is called natural language search.) You can enter questions or keywords.
Glossary
The Glossary pane displays a glossary similar to one that you find in a printed
publication. The glossary is a list of words, short phrases, and definitions related to Adobe
Captivate. When you select a term from the top pane ("Term"), its corresponding definition is
displayed in the lower pane ("Definition").
Toolbars
These features provide quick, easy navigation for getting around in Help.
Browse sequences
browser. Browse sequence buttons are different from the Back and Forward buttons, as they
present topics in a predetermined order.
Full-text search
Captivate Help. This type of search locates topics containing the text you enter in the Search text
box. Full-text searches examine every word in Adobe Captivate Help to find matches. When the
search is completed, a list of topics is displayed so you can select a specific topic to view.
Browser toolbar
browser. Use it to move forward and backward through the history of visited topics.
Adjusting the window and pane size
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You can adjust the width and height of the browser window by dragging the edges of the
window in or out.
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You can adjust the width of the left pane by dragging the edges of the left pane until the mouse
pointer turns into a line with arrows on each end.
Navigating topics
You can use links and Related Topics buttons to navigate through topics.
Links
Blue underlined text denotes a hyperlink that jumps to another topic or web page, a pop-
up link that displays a window over the main window, or a text-only pop-up menu that displays a
brief text description. Some links "drop down" additional text or "expand" text to the right.
The browse buttons (Next and Previous) are located at the top of the
The Search text box enables you to perform a full-text search of Adobe
The toolbar at the top of the window is the standard toolbar for your default
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