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Finding help on Access topics
Access provides help in a number of ways. You can always access the help files on your
local machine. If you have an active Internet connection, you have access to the
resources of Microsoft Office Online. The Help window (Figure 1-5) is where you browse
and search for help on different topics.
Exercise 1-10: Getting Help
In this exercise, you explore the different methods of getting help in Access. Open the
Exercise1-10.accdb file in the Chapter01 folder and do the following:
 Click the Help button in the top right corner of the Access window (refer to
Figure 1-3) to launch the Help window.
 Press F1 to launch the Help window.
 In the bottom-right of the Help window, click the Online/Offline button to switch
between using local help files and online help files.
 Use the Search box to find help on a specific keyword. For example, to find help
on tables, type
tables in the Search box and click Search.
 Browse the help by clicking the links in the main area of the Help window.
Search box
Online/Offline button
Links
Figure 1-5:
Using the
Help
window.
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