Use the Next and Previous
buttons on the toolbar to move sequentially through the help
topics. This allows reading it like a book.The program’s help file is organized as an online manual. Its entire contents can be read from start to finish as if it were a book.
There are also many direct ways to access the help topic for a specific program element. Each dialog has a Help button that will access its help topic. You can also use the Help Cursor to find help topic associated with any on-screen element like a toolbar button, a field on the tax form, a pane, anything.
When a tax form is active, you will also notice that there is a pane along the bottom of the screen that shows a brief help description for the active field. This is called the Brief Help Pane.
The table of contents is a good place to get aquatinted with the organization of this help manual. All topics in the help file can be accessed from the contents. There are no hidden help topics.
Use the Next and Previous buttons on the toolbar to move sequentially through the help topics.
Access the help manual's table of contents using the Contents pane.
Find all of the help topics that are associated with a key word by using the Index pane.
Search the entire help manual using the Search pane.
Use the Favorites pane to bookmark a help topic that you want to find quickly in the future.
To access the help topic that describes any on-screen item (button, field, menu, etc.) use the Help Cursor toolbar button.
To access help for a specific dialog press the F1 key while the dialog is open, or click on the dialog’s Help button. You can also get help on any menu item by pressing the F1 key while on that menu item.
Whenever you find text in a help topic that is blue and underlined (such as the following text Help Cursor) you can click on this text to jump to that help topic.
If you have a specific question you might want to browse the Frequently Ask Questions topic (FAQ’s) to see if your question has already been answered.
Before reading the help manual you may want to review the terminology used in this help file. To do so click here.
Note that if you are viewing this help manual from the online manual hosted on our website, then the interface will look quite different. For more on the online help manual click here.
Use the Next and Previous
buttons on the toolbar to move sequentially through the help
topics. This allows reading it like a book.
To return to the previously open help topic
use the Back button just like a web browser.
To undo the last navigation from a Back
button press by pressing the Forward button just like a web
browser.
To print a help topic click the Print
button on the help viewer's toolbar.
To enlarge or shrink the font size of the text
use to display the help press the Font button (shown at
left). Continue pressing it to cycle through the available
font sizes.
The Home button will take you back to the
first help topic in the help manual.
The Locate button will display the location
of the currently open help topic in the table of contents.
The Options button allows you to change
other settings used by the Help Viewer.
The Show and Hide
buttons allow you to show/hide the left pane that contains the
Content, Search, Index, and Favorites panes. Click here for more.