Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional in 10 Minutes

By Dorothy Burke and Jane Calabria

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Lesson 1. Navigating Windows 2000 Professional
  • Lesson 2. Working with a Window
  • Lesson 3. Using Menus
  • Lesson 4. Using Windows 2000 Professional Help
    • Getting Help in Windows 2000
    • The Help Window
    • Using Windows Online Help
    • Using Web Help
  • Lesson 5. Using Dialog Boxes
  • Lesson 6. Working with Multiple Windows and Applications
  • Lesson 7. Copying, Moving, and Linking Between Windows and Applications
  • Lesson 8. Using My Computer
  • Lesson 9. Managing Files with My Computer
  • Lesson 10. Using WordPad
  • Lesson 11. Understanding File Properties and the Recycle Bin
  • Lesson 12. Printing
  • Lesson 13. Using My Network Places
  • Lesson 14. Using the Control Panel
  • Lesson 15. Using Outlook Express Mail
  • Lesson 16. Sharing Workstations and Setting Passwords
  • Lesson 17. Using Internet Explorer 5
  • Lesson 18. Web Site and Document Searching
  • Lesson 19. Troubleshooting, Restarting, and Disaster Planning
  • Lesson 20. Customizing the Windows 2000 Environment

Getting Help in Windows 2000

Windows 2000 Professional offers several ways to get Online Help—instant onscreen help for menu commands, procedures, features, and other items. Online Help is information that appears in its own window whenever you request it. Windows 2000 Professional also features Web Help, and if you are connected to the Internet, you can go directly to the Microsoft site with information on Windows 2000 Professional new features, tips and tricks, and so on.

Windows' Help feature offers four ways to seek help: by using Web Help or by using Online Help and finding help by viewing the Contents, Index, or Search views. You can also add Help documents that you use frequently to the Favorites view of the Help program. You access Windows Help in one of the following ways:

• Click the Start Button and choose Help
• Press the F1 key

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