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■ Opens the Help window, which provides Help on:
    • Commands       • Dialog boxes         • Events
    • Functions      • Keywords             • Menus
    • Methods        • Objects              • Operators
    • Properties     • Reference topics     • Statements
 
■ Help topics and navigation buttons are delimited by
  highlighted arrows. For example:
 
       ◄This is a Help Topic►
 
 ■ The easiest way to get help is to:
    • Place the cursor on the item
    • Press F1 (or click the right mouse button)
    Note: This type of help access is referred to as
           "context sensitive."
 
 ■ The following table summarizes various ways to access
   Help:
 
   To perform this action:             Do this:
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   Close the Help window               Press Esc
 
   Copy help information (such as a    Use the commands on
   code example) to the code window    the Edit menu
 
   Display previous Help topic         Press Alt+F1 (or
                                       click the ◄Back►
                                       button); Visual Basic
                                       Help displays up to
                                       the last 20 Help
                                       topics viewed
 
   Display topic/keyword information   Place the cursor
                                       anywhere on the topic
                                       or keyword and press
                                       F1, or click the right
                                       mouse button
 
   Move cursor to a Help topic         Press Tab or the first
                                       letter of the topic
 
   Move cursor to the Help window      Press F6 or Shift+F6
 
   Open the Help window                Press Shift+F1, or
                                       click <Shift+F1=Help>
                                       on the status bar
                                       (bottom of screen)
 
   Open the Help menu                  Press Alt+H
 
   Scroll the help information         Press PgDn or PgUp
 
   Select a Help menu item             Press the associated
                                       access key
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■ A bullet (•) appears next to the command name on the Window
  menu when the Help window is the active window.
  ┌─────────────────┐
  │ •Help           │
  └─────────────────┘