Information center tour

Learn the essentials for using the information center productively with this quick tour.

Take a minute to explore the buttons along the border of your information center. The presence, appearance, and placement of the buttons can vary, depending on your version of the information center or your Web browser. Explore! Button descriptions are available by holding your cursor over the button momentarily.

Buttons to your left

How can I filter the table of contents?

Navigation filtering button To filter the navigation view to include only the information that interests you, such as a particular operating system, click this button on your information center border.

How can I locate a topic in the table of contents, once I find it using the search?

Information center navigation synchronization feature When you find a topic using the search, click this button on your information center border to see the location of that same topic in the table of contents.

When I perform a search, the results replace my table of contents. How do I return to my table of contents?

Information center contents button Information center search button These buttons enable you to toggle between displaying the table of contents and your search results, in the navigation area. They are located at the bottom of the navigation area.

Maximize navigation area Minimize navigation area These buttons enable you to toggle between maximizing and minimizing the navigation area. There is a similar set for the content area in which topics are displayed.

Buttons to your right

How do I return to a topic later?

Go Back Go Forward Like your browser buttons, these navigate you backward and forward through the history of topics you viewed.

Information center bookmarks button This button lets you create a book mark for a topic.

Print The Print Topic button prints the topic currently displayed.

Most topics contain a file name in their footer. For example, scroll down to see that welc6doc_tour is the file name of the topic you are viewing now. Later, enter the topic name in the search to find the topic again. You also can copy the entire topic URL from the footer.

How can I locate a topic in the table of contents, once I find it using the search?

Information center synchronize navigation button This button serves the same purpose as this button: Information center navigation synchronization feature