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<title>Desktop Help System 

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<abstract>Help for using the Common Desktop Environment Help System

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The topic To Browse Desktop Help in the Tasks module contains 
link to the <otherfront> element that follows; it provides a
sample Help Manager help window.
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<otherfront id=HelpManagerWindow><head>Help Manager Window with Help Families
A help family includes one or more help volumes. You can select and view
individual help volumes from Help Manager.

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The Help Manager window contains an additional navigation button
called Top Level. After browsing different help volumes,
you can use Top Level to return to the Help Manager's main screen.

<procedure>See Also
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* <xref ToBrowseDesktopHelp>
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The topic Using a Help Index in the tasks module contains a definition link to
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regular expression characters.
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<otherfront id=regexpressions><head>Regular Expression Pattern Search

<lablist nowrap><labheads> \Character  \  Meaning


\&sigspace; . (period)\  Matches any character

\&sigspace; * (asterisk)\ Matches 0 or more of the preceding character

\&sigspace; ? (question mark)&sigspace;\ Matches 0 or 1 of the preceding character

\&sigspace; | (vertical bar) \ Specifies two search patterns and matches
either pattern (logical OR)

\&sigspace; ( ) (parantheses) \ Encloses a pattern expression

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To search for a character that has special meaning in a regular
expression precede the character with a \ (backslash).

<p>&sigspace;

<procedure>Examples
This expression finds index entries that contain the word "mouse"
followed by any number of characters followed by "clicking".
<ex>
mouse.*clicking
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This expression finds index entries that contain the
word "mouse" or "click".

<ex>
mouse | click
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This example finds index entries that contain "Session Manager" or "Style Manager".

<ex>
(session | style).*manager
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<procedure>See Also
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 * <xref Index-Search>
 * For more information about regular expressions, refer to the <computer>regexp(5)<\computer> man page
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