Finding Information in Help

5/10/2007

There are basically two types of Help for Windows® Embedded Studio for Windows XP Embedded: F1 Help and documentation that is displayed in the Help browser.

F1 Help is available from dialog boxes. Generally, this is context-specific procedural information.

The Help available from the Help menu is more comprehensive than F1 Help. It includes overviews, tutorials, how-to topics, component Help, and reference topics. You can find information in this documentation by using the index or search, or by browsing the table of contents.

The following table shows the organization of Help content into nodes in the table of contents.

Node Description

How-to Topics (Update Rollup 1.0 for Windows XP Embedded)

Contains an overview and links to all how-to topics in the product Help. You will find an alphabetical and categorical list of all the how-to topics.

Getting Started (Update Rollup 1.0 for Windows XP Embedded)

Contains tutorials and information to acquaint you with Windows® Embedded Studio for Windows XP Embedded. You will also find information on using the product Help.

About Windows XP Embedded

Contains conceptual material for embedded developers. You will find topics about working with the OS and OS features.

Development Process

Contains information on creating a Windows XP Embedded device.

See Also

Tasks

Using the Table of Contents
Using the Index
Using Full-Text Search

Concepts

Navigation Using Shortcut Keys
Help System Limitations