Important Notice
The pages on this site contain documentation for very old MS-DOS software,
purely for historical purposes.
If you're looking for up-to-date documentation, particularly for programming,
you should not rely on the information found here, as it will be woefully
out of date.
Using Help
◄Getting Started► ◄Keyboard► ◄Back►
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Using MS-DOS Editor Help:
■ To get help on an MS-DOS Editor menu, command, or dialog box, place
the cursor on the menu item or <Help> button and press F1.
■ To view MS-DOS Editor Help topics, press Alt+H, then press the
highlighted letter to choose the Getting Started command or
the Keyboard command.
■ To move the cursor into the Help window, press F6.
■ To scroll the help information, press PgDn or PgUp.
■ To move the cursor to a related topic, press Tab or the first letter of
the Help topic. Related topics are surrounded by highlighted arrowheads
(◄ ►).
■ To display a related topic, place the cursor anywhere on the topic and
press F1 or click the right mouse button.
■ To close the Help window, press Esc.
The MS-DOS Editor saves the last 20 Help topics you viewed. To review them
press Alt+F1 or click the <Back> button repeatedly.