Document revision date: 12 May 1999

Help on this website

This page contains some information you might find useful if you get lost when using the OpenVMS online documentation website. We've tried to make the site as useful and as easy to use as possible, but we're sure we haven't thought of of everything. If you come across something that needs improvement, let us know by sending us comments or feedback.

From this page you can get information about the following topics:

• Structure of this website
• Navigating this website
• Searching for a word or phrase within an HTML or text file
• Searching for a word or phrase within a PDF file

Structure of this website

The OpenVMS online documentation website contains a subset of the OpenVMS documentation set. It is intended as a quick-reference site for users of Compaq Computer Corporation's OpenVMS operating system.

The site is a simple tree, beginning from the OpenVMS Documentation Page. This main page contains links to all available documents.

When you open a document, you are at the top of the document's title page. Scroll down a few lines, and you will see a linked Contents word in a larger font. Click on Contents to go directly to the document's Table of Contents. (You can return to the Table of Contents from any document page by clicking the Contents button.)

From the Table of Contents you can navigate within the document. You can go directly to any topic by clicking a linked heading, or you can go to the linked Index and navigate the document using the index entries.

Note that a single document or online book is made up of several HTML files. As a result, you cannot easily search an entire online HTML book for a word or phrase.

Navigating this website

Within the website, you can navigate by clicking a hotspot or [button].

• A hotspot is a hypertext link to another location on the same page or to another page. Depending on your browser, a hotspot appears as a word in a different color or as an underlined word.

  This sentence has a hotspot that jumps you to the Navigating this website heading. To navigate within the site, click a highlighted phrase.

• A button is a text or graphical shortcut for moving around the website. Most pages include several text or graphic buttons at the top and bottom of the page. The following table shows the common buttons used in this site.

  Buttons used in this site
  Button	Action
  Next	Within an online document, click this button to move to the next sequential page.
  Previous	Within an online document, click this button to move to the previous sequential page.
  Contents	Within an online document, click this button to jump to the document's Table of Contents.
  Index	Within an online document, click this button to jump to the document's Index.
  or [Site home]	Click this button to go to the OpenVMS Documentation Page. This page contains the list of all available OpenVMS online documents.
  or [Send comments]	Click this button to go to a page that describes how to send comments to the documentation writers.
  or [Order documentation]	Click this button go to a page that contains a list of all available OpenVMS documentation and instructions on how to order books and CD-ROMs.
  or [Compaq site]	Click this button to go to the Compaq home page. Note: This button takes you out of the OpenVMS documentation website. You must use your browser's [Back] button or your history file list to return to the OpenVMS documentation website.
  or [OpenVMS home]	Click this button to go to the OpenVMS home page. Note: This button takes you out of the OpenVMS documentation website. You must use your browser's [Back] button or your history file list to return to the OpenVMS documentation website.
  or [Help on this site]	Click this button go to a page that describes this structure and navigation of this website (you're viewing the Help page now).
  	Click this button to go to the top of the current HTML page.

Searching within an HTML or text file

When you display an HTML file, you can search within that file for a specific word. Remember, the cursor will be at the end of the HTML file, so you may have to search backwards to find the word.

• On a PC: press [Ctrl]+F to display the search dialog box.

• On a workstation: press [Alt]+F to display the search dialog box.

Some websites support a full-text search function that allows you to search the contents of an entire website. In this case, you can use the search engine to search an entire online document (or documents), as long as you can limit the search using a query. For example, if the website has been indexed with AltaVista, you can limit your search by specifying the document title, the OpenVMS Version number, a specific publication date, and so on.

Searching within a PDF file

When you display a PDF file, you can search within that file for a specific word.

• On a PC: press [Ctrl]+F (or the [binoculars] button) to display the search dialog box.

• On a workstation: press [Alt]+F to display the search dialog box.

Sometimes you can't search a PDF document if your browser is running the Acrobat Reader. In this case, save the PDF document to your local system and use a standalone version of the Acrobat Reader to search the document.

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