You can open the online help directly when you double-click on the Perspectives Online Help object in the Perspectives launch pad. If you prefer, you can use the following command:
/usr/dt/bin/dthelpview -helpVolume /usr/lpp/ssp/perspectives/help/en_US/pgui.sdl
When you are already in Perspectives, you can access help by using any of the following interfaces:
The menu bar Help contains items that provide information about windows, actions (tasks), and objects. To display the menu items, click on Help in the upper right hand corner of the menu bar.
The bubble-up text is present for all icons on the tool bar and provides a brief description of the function of that icon. Bubble-up text is also available when the mouse is placed over the title and monitoring label above a pane. This text describes pane related information such as the number of objects in the pane, number of objects filtered, the label used for the objects, and what objects are being monitored for specific conditions.
The Information Area is present at the bottom of application windows and displays information about the object or area at the current cursor location. You can toggle this display on and off from the Options menu.
The dialog box and notebook Help buttons display information about the purpose of items in the dialog box or notebook. The message box provides an Error Stack button which displays extended information on the contents of the message and provides a way to view internal diagnostics information.