User Guide

Chapter
2
Using the Hel
p System
Help is available in a number of different ways, including:
Help menu. EverywindowhasaHelpmenuonthemenubar.TheTopicsmenuitem
provides a
ccess to the Help system, where you can use the Contents and Index tabs to
find topics. The Tutorial menu item provides access to the introductory tutorial.
Dialog box Help buttons. Most dialog boxes have a Help button that takes you directly
to a Help to
pic for that dialog box. The Help topic provides general information and
links to related topics.
Pivot table context menu Help. Right-click on terms in an activated pivot table in
the Viewe
randselect
What’s This? from the context menu to display definitions
of the terms.
Statistics Coach. The Statistics Coach item on the Help menu provides a wizard-like
method fo
r finding the right statistical or charting procedure for what you want to do.
Case Studies. The Case Studies item on the Help menu provides hands-on examples
of how to create various types of statistical analyses and interpret the results. The
sample d
ata files used in the examples are also provided so that you can work through
the examples to see exactly how the results were produced.
This chapter uses the files demo.sav and bhelptut.spo.
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