Welcome to FSTA Direct™ Help


Use this Help system to find the answers to your questions about FSTA Direct™.

Accessing the Help

There are several features that help you access Help information:

The Help's left-hand pane

Contents button

This shows the hierarchical Table of Contents.

It contains books and page titles .

Click on a page to view it.

Click on a closed book to open it and show its contents.

Click on an open book to close it and hide its contents.

Index button

This shows an index of the Help keywords and Help keyphrases that you can use to find Help information.

Type in a Help keyword/phrase in the search box, then press Return on your keyboard.

Note: As you type, the highlight in the index moves to the closest match. This means that you don't necessarily have to type in the complete entry. When the highlight is on the required keyword/phrase, simply click on it.

If there is more than one Help page associated with your keyword/phrase, a selection list pops up. Select the appropriate Help page from this list.

Search Help Text button

This shows a search text box. Search for a particular word or phrase within the Help text itself by entering it here and clicking GO.

A list of all the help pages that contain the word or phrase appears on the left. Select the appropriate Help page from this list.

If you are using Internet Explorer as your browser...

You have the option to hide the Help navigation pane.

- To view the current Help page without the left-hand navigation pane, click Hide navigation symbol.

- To return to the normal view, click one of the buttons - Contents, Index or Search Help Text.

 

Page-sensitive Help

Using FSTA Direct™, you may want Help on the page you are currently viewing. To get specific Help about your current page, click the Help buttonbutton, towards the top right of the page. A Help page appears offering you a number of links to information related to the current page.

The Show Navigation link above the title of the Help page adds the Help's left-hand navigation pane. This means you can access other Help pages easily.

The Explore FSTA Direct™ Help, at the bottom of the Help page opens this Welcome page and the left-hand navigation pane.

 

Hyperlinks

Throughout the Help pages, underlined text indicates a hyperlink.

There are three types of hyperlinks used in the Help:

Standard hyperlinks

A standard hyperlink 'jumps' you to a different page, or a different place in the same page.

Hyperlinks to  external files

A few pages contain links to PDF documents (portable document format) and pages from other web sites. These are displayed in a new window. When you are finished, close it using the X button at the top right of the window.

Show-hide hyperlinks

These hide away optional information to make the important information easier to read on screen. When clicked, a show-hide link reveals this optional information - either beside it, or below the paragraph containing it. Clicking again hides the information.

Note: If you are using Netscape as your browser, show-hide links do not work. The 'optional' information is no longer optional. It is permanently displayed.

 

See Also buttons

Most Help pages have See Also buttons at the bottom. Clicking a See Also button pops up a list of related Help pages. Click on the one you want to go to.