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
  • Lesson 5. Using Dialog Boxes
    • What Is a Dialog Box?
    • Using the Components of a Dialog Box
    • Using the What's This? Feature
    • Using Text Boxes
    • Using Option Buttons
    • Using Check Boxes
    • Using Command Buttons
    • Using Property Sheets and Tabs
  • 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 the What's This? Feature

The What's This? feature of dialog boxes is a feature designed to supply a description of the options in a dialog box. For example, if a dialog box appears asking you to provide information in a text box and you aren't certain of the kind of information to supply, use the What's This? feature to help you.

The following steps tell you how to use the What's This? feature:

1. Click the ? icon in the upper-right corner of the Windows dialog box. A large question mark appears next to the mouse pointer as shown in Figure 5.2.
   

   Figure 5.2 The Mouse pointer changes to a question mark when you use the What's This? feature.

2. Click any option in the dialog box, and Windows displays a box containing a short description of the item you selected (see Figure 5.3).
   

   Figure 5.3 What's This? provides additional descriptions and help for dialog box options.

3. When you finish reading the Help information, click anywhere on the screen to close the Help box.

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