Re: What happened to context-sensitive Help in Word 2007?

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All I know about this is that Help is still incomplete.

I'm not sure if you noted this but you can easily switch between Online and
Offline Help in the Help UI. It's in the bottom right corner. You'll see
Offline or Connected. If you first search Offline Help and want to see if
there are updates for your search you can click the Offline/Connected button
and then click "Show content from Office Online" to use Online Help.

So for example, you can set your default to Offline Help but switch to
Online if desired. It's great when you are viewing a Help page or Search
results. When you make the switch the content automatically changes
accordingly and you can quickly see if any updates have been made.

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assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

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"Stefan Blom" <no.spam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Beth Melton" wrote in message
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It should work. Those that don't aren't finished yet. One of the "good
things" about online Help is the content can be updated at any time.

Indeed, this is good news. Personally, I tend to turn off the setting to
retrieve online help topics, though, which means I'm unlikely to see any
updates unless I'm explicitly looking for them at
http://office.microsoft.com.

However, the problem is that even help topics that have been identical, or
almost identical, for years seem to be missing. I'm thinking of the "Field
codes: TOC (Table of Contents) field" topic, which I have been unable to
locate in Word 2007 Help. Fortunately, if I need to refresh my memory,
there are other resources. I find the Field Options dialog box most useful
(but Word 2003 Help online can also be used).

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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