Navigating in the information center

The information center provides a graphical user interface for browsing product documentation.

The Contents view (high-level topic) on the left side of the interface displays the titles of the topics in the documentation. The titles are displayed in a table of contents or navigation-tree structure. Select the topic titles in the navigation tree to display the topic content.

Click Back (back arrow) and Forward (forward arrow) to navigate within the history of viewed topics.

To return to Contents view after running a search, click the Contents tab (Contents tab) at the bottom of the view.

Synchronizing the Contents view

When you follow a link within a topic, the heading of the new topic is not automatically highlighted in the Contents view. To see where the new topic fits in the Contents view and to synchronize the two views, click Refresh (Refresh) or Show in Table of Contents (Show in table of  contents). The topic title for the currently displayed topic is highlighted in the Contents view.

Exception: If you have filtered the Contents view and then try to synchronize the Contents view for a topic that does not meet your filter criteria, the synchronization does not occur because the topic has been filtered out of the Contents view by your filter setting. The topic title for the currently displayed topic is not highlighted in the Contents view.

Navigating by keyboard

For information about navigating by keyboard, see the topic about Accessibility.

Filtering the Contents view

In some documentation sets, topics might be tagged for particular criteria; for example, when a topic only concerns a specific operating system. In these situations, you can remove from display in the Contents view all of those topics that are tagged for a specific criteria by using the filter settings to customize your Contents view. To set filter conditions:

  1. Click Filter (Filter ). The Set Filter window opens.
  2. Out of the types of available criteria, select the filtering options you want.
  3. Click OK. The Contents view refreshes and displays the topics that meet your chosen filter. The Filter button is highlighted to remind you that filter conditions are set.

Exception: If the documentation provider has turned off the filtering function for this system, the Filter icon is not available.

Any filters that you set only affect the display of topics in the Contents view and actions like the quick print and quick search that you can take in the Contents view. The filters are not applied to any of the other views (Index, Search Results, or Bookmarks views).

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