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

Using Web Help

Web Help connects you to the Microsoft site containing help on Windows 2000 Professional. Here, you find information not available in the Help files provided with your Windows install. Use this when you want to see the most current Windows 98 information. Don't use this for simple Help topics such as how to minimize windows or copy files. To use Web Help, you must be connected to the Internet. For information on connecting to the Internet, see Lesson 17 "Using Internet Explorer."

If you have an active connection to the Internet, access Web help by clicking the Web Help button on the Windows Help toolbar. Ultimately, your Web browser will open, you will be immediately connected to the Microsoft site, and the Web page will be displayed in the preview pane of the Windows Help window.

Like all good Web sites, the Microsoft site will be updated and changed frequently. Once the Windows Web Help page is displayed in the preview pane, follow the instructions on the Microsoft site page. As you move around the site, Web pages will be displayed in the preview pane and your Windows Help window acts like a Web browser.

In this lesson, you learned how to access Help and use Search, Contents, Index, and Web Help. In the next lesson, you learn how to work with dialog boxes.

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