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documentation, particularly for programming, you should not rely on the information found here, as it will be woefully out of date.

 
                        Navigating Through MS-DOS Help
 
 To scroll the information in the MS-DOS Help window, click the arrows in
 the scroll bar, or press PAGE DOWN or PAGE UP.
 
 Choosing Jumps
 
 You move from topic to topic in MS-DOS Help by choosing jumps. Jumps are
 links between topics and are enclosed by angle brackets (< >).
 
 To move the cursor forward to a jump
 
 ■ Press TAB until you select the jump you want. Or, press the first letter
   in the jump.
 
 To move the cursor backwards to a jump
 
 ■ Press SHIFT+TAB until you select the jump you want. Or, press SHIFT and
   the first letter in the jump.
 
 To display a topic
 
 ■ Click the jump. Or, move the cursor to the jump, and then press ENTER.
 
 To display the MS-DOS Help Contents
 
 ■  Click the Contents button at the bottom of the screen, or press ALT+C.
 
 To display the next topic in MS-DOS Help
 
 ■  Click the Next button at the bottom of the screen, or press ALT+N.
 
 To display topics you have previously chosen
 
 ■ Click the Back button at the bottom of the screen, or press ALT+B.