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Toolbar Pane in HTML Help
The toolbar pane provides several buttons that provide additional functions, such as returning to the previously viewed topic, showing and hiding the navigation pane, and printing a help topic. The writer can customize which buttons are included in the toolbar pane through HTML Help Workshop. The following table lists the supported buttons.
 
Button
Description
Hide/Show
Opens or closes the Navigation pane.
Back
Displays the previously viewed topic like the Back button in a browser.
Forward
Displays the previously viewed topic if the user clicked the Back button. This button functions like the Forward button in a browser.
Stop
Stops retrieving the file information and contents.
Refresh
Updates the topic that is currently displayed in the topic pane.
Home
Displays the default topic you defined for the help file.
Options
Opens a menu that provides many commands, such as Home, Show, Back, Stop, Refresh, Print, Search Highlight On/Off, and Internet Options. This menu also includes commands for all the buttons included on help windows.
Print
From the Contents tab, this button allows the user to print the selected topic, and optionally all subtopics. From the Index or Search tab, opens the Print dialog box to print the current topic.
Locate
Displays in the table of contents the location of the current topic is not listed in the table of contents, this command will not work.
Jump 1
Jumps to an author-designated Web page or help topic.
Jump 2
Jumps to an author-designated Web page or help topic.
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Last modified date: 11/30/2021