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Chapter 2



Dialog box Help buttons. Most dialog boxes have a Help button that takes you

directly to

a Help topic for that dialog box. The Help topic provides general

information and links to related topics.

 Dialog box context menu Help. Many dialog boxes provide context-sensitive Help

for individual controls and features. Right-click on any control in a dialog box

and select

hat’s This?

from the context menu to display a description of the

control and directions for its use. (If

What’s This? does not appear on the context

menu, then this form of Help is not available for that dialog box.)

 Pivot tab le context menu Help. Right-click on terms in an activated pivot table in

the Viewer

and select

What’s This? from the context menu to display definitions

of the terms.

 Case Studies. Right-click on a pivot table and select Case Studies from the context

menu to go directly to a detailed example for the procedure that produced that

table. (I

Case Studies does not appear on the context menu, then this form of

Help is not available for that procedure.)

 Command syntax charts. In a command syntax window, position the cursor

anywhere within a syntax block for a command and press F1 on the keyboard. A

complete

command syntax chart for that command will be displayed.

Other res

ources.

If you can’t find the information you want in the Help system, these

other resources may have the answers you need:

 SPSS for Windows Developer’s Guide. Provides information and examples for the

develop

er’s tools included with SPSS for Windows, including OLE automation,

third-party API, input/output DLL, production facility, and scripting facility. The

Developer’s Guide is available in PDF form in the SPSS\developer directory on

the inst

allation CD.

 Techni

cal Support Web site.

Answers to many common problems can be found at

http://support.spss.com. (The Technical Support Web site requires a login ID

and password. Information on how to obtain an ID and password is provided at

the URL

listed above.)

Using the Help Table of Contents

E In any window, from the menus choose:

Help

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